Be prepared for tax season — tax tips and reviews

Tax season is fast approaching and people need to be aware of some of the scams that are out there. Most people are willing to pay a tax prep fee to get their taxes prepared but why would you when you can do it yourself. With tax season fast approaching, it's time to...

How did we get into this mess? A market solution

You would have to be blind Freddie to think all is well in the world. We have the European Union on the brink of collapse, the USA about to go into a double dip recession, revolutions sweeping through the Arab world, Pakistan a nuclear power close to becoming a failed...

The Distributive Justice of the Market

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The public outcry against executive pay and compensation followed disclosures of insider trading, double dealing, and outright fraud. But even honest and productive entrepreneurs often earn more money in...

Envy as the Foundation of Capitalism

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In the 18th century, the political philosopher and novelist Jean-Jacques Rousseau made a distinction between amour de soi and amour propre. The former involved striking a balance between regard for...

Deflating America

It is painful as Presidents since Clinton have warned. In fact, the correction began as Clinton was leaving office. It got pumped up by Bush war spending and legalized tax evasion. Then, big government came to the...

Favela Fashion Brings Women Work

A highly successful cooperative of women in Brazil has shown that it is possible for outsiders to make it in the fast-paced world of fashion. Despite being based in one of Rio de Janerio’s slums, or favelas,...

Cool Food for the Poor

A whole wave of high-tech, innovative products are now being developed and marketed for the world’s poor. These products are designed to raise the quality of life of poor people and treat them as a market with...

Market Update: Income

In today’s Market Update, we discuss one topic that everyone can relate to: income.  Needless to say, without personal income, most people tend to ignore all other financial market indicators out there....

Fifa records $184 Million Profit in 2008

Fifa reported an income close to $1 billion last year with 94 percent generated by television, marketing, and sponsorship money raised from events such as the World Cup. The overall Fifa profit for 2008 was $184...

Bleeding Heart Tightwads

As I have observed often, many of the liberals I have met, are basically communists who want to steal my money and give it to people who are guaranteed to vote democrat.  But try and get one of these members...

UK Money

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Barack Obama’S Plans for Income Taxes Right Now

As the newly elected President, Barack Obama has promised to inject as much as $1 Trillion into the economy. That’s $1,000,000,000,000.00! That’s more zeros than the number of cars I used to count on many of the trains I watched go by as a kid – it’s a lot! But...

Teen obesity more prevalent among low-income families

A study released on wednesday presents the strange picture of obese problem in childrens.According to new study obese problems found in low income families,46%-49% of low income teens prefer eating fast food...

10 Workers to Tip This Season

"Tipping this holiday season may sound too fancy for your budget. But when you consider that many of the people you tip get anywhere from 8 to 68 percent of their income from tips, you may want to give these...

Scientists Find Socio-Economic Difference in Brain Development

SCOTT FITZGERALD famously said in The Great Gatsby that "the rich are different from the rest of us" and now neurological scientists at the University of California (UCLA)  have found that children from...

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