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All Grown Up: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Sell My Car

Image Source A couple of years ago my father suggested, to my infinite horror, that we demote my car insurance policy to that of a so-called "occasional driver." (Definitions for this term vary per state and per prov…
Unemployment Rate is Now 52.2 Percent for Americans Ages 16-24

"The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent -- a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. -- meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime e…
The Problem with the Economy: You Aren’t Needed Any More

"Technology has vastly reduced the number of workers and resources that are required to make what the planet needs. This means that a small number of people, the people in control of the creation of goods, get the ben…
Dollarish Wants You!

Image Source Dollarish wants you—to post on our blog. To contribute to Dollarish, you can submit a post for the front page, or help out our editors by voting on your favorite posts. We'd like to see all kinds of…
All About Keynes

Image Source A couple of days ago I mentioned John Maynard Keynes' paradox of thrift: that consumers' tendency to save in times of recession only further damages the economy. And it turns out I'm not the only person…
Ten Corporations in Trouble

Image Source SoullFire@xanga posted an interesting article from Yahoo! Finance listing ten big corporations at risk for bankruptcy. I'll show you the list, which ranks the worst-off companies first, and then some of…
Is My Saving Hurting the Economy?

Image Source A couple of years ago it might not have seemed possible, but it's finally happened: Americans have remembered how to save. We've trimmed our grocery bills, cut back on the non-essentials, and generally e…
What Men's Underwear Can Tell You About The Economy

Want to know how the economy is doing? Apparently you should be checking your man's underwear drawer. According to this Washington Post article, something called the Men's Underwear Index (or MUI), the number of new p…
America: The Declining Superpower?

Image Source While talking to several people from different countries, they discussed that America was a declining superpower. The value of the dollar is down and the exchange rate is better for all of them. They con…
10 Signs the Economy Might Be Doing Better...

It's really easy to get caught up in all the negativity regarding the economy. So much so that we miss the more subtle signs of recovery. Billshrink.com just did an article that points out 10 of these small, positive…