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money

Win money with physics

July 27, 2009

Winning guessing games may not be a valid retirement plan, but it won’t hurt the family finances. In this video, a physics teacher gives a lesson on how to improve your odds at “how many candies are in this jar” guessing games.

How to shark a ‘guess the number of M&Ms in a jar’ contest… | [...]

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Citibank offers $5,000 loan to defendant in Citibank collection lawsuit

April 7, 2009

Allen Harkleroad is an angry debtor who blogs about his experience dealing with debt collectors. One of his creditors, Citibank, sued him on a defaulted credit card debt. After they started the lawsuit, though, Citibank offered to loan Allen another $5,000.
It is obvious why they need a bailout; the monkeys in charge of consumer lending [...]

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Talking about money troubles no longer shameful

November 10, 2008

“[T]he economic crisis has some people coming out of the closet about their financial troubles, commiserating about declining 401(k) balances, mounting credit card debt and a stalled housing market.” Talking about money troubles no longer shameful | CNN

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Celebrity Money Mistakes

August 13, 2008

Celebrity Money Mistakes | AOL (via Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog)

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Stretch Your Food Dollar: Rethinking Meat

July 23, 2008

Stretch Your Food Dollar: Rethinking Meat | Queercents

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Money is debt, debt is imaginary money

November 4, 2007

This video outlines what money is, where it comes from (nowhere), and why we should (or shouldn’t) care.

If money is debt, then paying off debt reduces the supply of money. So what about interest? Since the money to pay the interest does not actually exist, loans can never be paid off without creating more [...]

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