Check your Charity
Posted on 19. Aug, 2009 by richbond.
Giving to charity is certainly noble, but is it always the best thing? Well it might not be if your selected charity doesn’t get much of your dollar to the mission you think you’re supporting. But how do you know how well a charity does in this regard? Try Give Well. [...]
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How to Waste Your Money
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by richbond.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has a nice article called 20 Ways to Waste Your Money. It’s an article that shows some ways to spend your money a little more wisely. Some of the ideas have been discussed on this blog, but I found some other excellent points as well. One point that was new to me [...]
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A Feel Good Book for a Financial Crisis
Posted on 23. Jun, 2009 by richbond.
A lot of businesses have been getting bailout money. One organization that won’t need any would be the Ayn Rand Institute. Apparently the financial crisis has led to a spike in the sales of Ayn Rand’s tome Atlas Shrugged. Be sure to pick up your copy today.
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Bailout Videos
Posted on 03. Jun, 2009 by richbond.
Right.org has a slew of videos about the recent bailouts. The site is of course opposed to the bailouts. They are accepting submissions of anti-bailout videos for a $27,599 prize. You can also calculate your share of the government bailout.
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In Defense of Doing Nothing
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by richbond.
The Cato Institute recently released a text of a speech by Jeffrey Miron entitled “In Defense of Doing Nothing“ about the recent government bailouts. Miron is a fellow at the Cato Institute and a professor of economics at Harvard University. In his speech he makes the case that the bailout are the wrong course for [...]
