Recession psychology has to be a fascinating field.  There are few greater times in history to study humans than when we are all worried about the economy.  I can’t pass a single person on the elavator, parking lot, break room, or water cooler that isn’t talking about the recession in some way.  There is nothing [...]

So the stock market is like a roller coaster and we’re somewhere near the bottom of that big first drop. And just like the stomach in your cerebellum feeling you get as your wallet and change fly out of your pockets you want to vomit every time you look at your 401(k) statement.  Well at [...]

April is Financial Literacy Month.  I was hoping it would gain more traction in the media this year but that doesn’t appear to be the case.  So I’m throwing up a post to help spread the word.  The attached pictures are submissions from students for an art contests called “I’m going to be a millionaire [...]

The Weakonomics Weekend Edition is now simply “Weakend“.  I was tired of it, and so were you. So I’ve talked about Twitter a lot on Weakonomics. If you aren’t on Twitter you probably won’t be interested in this post very much. Listen up all you people who are on Twitter or are thinking about getting [...]

I didn’t do a link roundup this week because I’ve just been too busy to.  But that doesn’t mean I didn’t participate in a fantastic carnival.  I’m only participating in two from now on, and the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights is the only one for this week.  I really like this new carnival because you [...]

Raise you’re hand if you’ve ever bought a stock and lost money on it.  My hand is raised too.  I’ve done it a few times actually.  I’ve made money too.  Despite the fact that picking stocks and trying to beat the market is a fruitless effort for most, we can’t help but try. UpDown is [...]

As is expected in the world of finance, as soon as I start talking about something the rest of the community decides they should talk about it too.  Yes I’m that arrogant. As many of you know I am getting married this fall to the beautiful and majestic Sheconomist.  She’s got all that wedding planning [...]

Welcome to an economics history course.  Weakon 247 is a class that talks about the Great Depression.  Most notably we’ll talk about what created it, and how we got out of it.  The Great Depression is considered the standard by which we compare “how bad things get.” To know the Great Depression is to know [...]