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Tax Benefits for Education

Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

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Should Your Community Print its own Currency?

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

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Did you know that printing and distributing local currency is completely legal? Under certain circumstances your local city could print its own currency – and because of the current economic conditions many are. First, the rules: The currency can’t resemble a US dollar Only paper currency can be printed – no coins allowed Any income […]

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How Much Time Should You Spend On Your Finances?

Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

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There’s a concept in finance called “cost-benefit analysis” which involves calculating whether an item’s cost outweighs its benefit. For example, I spent 8 hours yesterday cleaning the apartment I just vacated. If I had bothered to perform a cost-benefit analysis, I would have asked myself whether or not the cost (8 hours of my time […]