Archive for the ‘Economics and Money’ Category
Boomers, Retirement, and Lower Expectations
This week, while listening to an episode of the KunstlerCast, I discovered a very interesting blog by Charles Hugh Smith — Of Two Minds. If you enjoy blogs with short posts, bulletted lists of “how to (insert topic of the day here)”, and a general concern for the coolness of the blogger, you will not [...]
September 2, 2010
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Tags: Charles Hugh Smith, consumerism, financial crisis, Of Two Minds · Posted in: Economics and Money, Minimalism
Creative power and changing your life…
I wrote this article on my other blog yesterday, about the micro-budget film “Monsters“, from the UK. The film has created something of a buzz at film festivals, and it looks quite interesting. Some nice metaphors and themes in the movie. Anyway, the point of that article is actually kind of appropriate for this blog [...]
August 19, 2010
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Posted in: Economics and Money, Work
Measuring what really matters
This TED talk really gets down to it. “It” being the fact that we (in our modern societies) tend to measure things that really don’t make us happy. Good stuff. Watch.
June 23, 2010
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Tags: consumerism, economics, TED talk · Posted in: Economics and Money, consumerism
More on Health Care
A few posts ago I wrote about the problem of health insurance, as it relates to the self-employed, those with pre-existing conditions, the uninsured, etc. The blog Early Retirement Extreme has posted another good article with some ideas on how to save money on the cost of health care. A couple of notes about this [...]
June 16, 2010
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Tags: health care, health insurance, Personal finance · Posted in: Economics and Money, Health
The Problem of Health Insurance
I’ve been reading the blog Early Retirement Extreme lately, and this post got me thinking about our monthly expenses and our ability to reduce them. One area we seem to have little control over is the cost of healthcare. Sure you can ask for a generic prescription drug, but there isn’t much you can do when [...]
June 3, 2010
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Tags: health insurance, healthcare costs · Posted in: Economics and Money, Health
