We need to be thinking about developing solutions to the problem.

Blogs are a potential answer. But there is a lot of bad stuff going on in the Personal Finance Blogosphere too. It’s harder to look at the man in the mirror than to find fault with big corporate entities. But I think that all money bloggers need to begin making an effort to do this. Personal finance blogs will not end up being the solution unless we work together to make them better than what there are today.

Rob
Rob Bennett´s last blog ..“The Smart Investor Must Be Willing to Make Much Less in Boom Cycles”

The only one I still read is BusinessWeek, which does also tend to do a few articles geared toward the lowest common denominator, but it’s the best of several lousy options out there IMO. I used to read the Economist as well, but two mags is too much, and it’s a little UK/academia-centric to choose over BW.

Thanks for pointing out and keep up the good work here!
Darwin’s Finance´s last blog ..Lazy Portfolios Beat the S&P – but Claims are Bogus and Deceiving

Loved the silver linings bit!
Mrs. Micah´s last blog ..Credit Card Red Flags May Lower Your Credit Limit

On the bright side engr. seems to be hiring decently (and being lame and having mostly engring friends…) that and ducking it out in grad school. Is useful I guess.

Life sucks for recent grads, kinda… the 2nd only makes sense if you have money to put in and if you did the emotional shock of the hit kind of sucks.

I think it “rocks” only that I feel *slightly* better being in grad school. ::sighs::
SJ´s last blog ..SJ seeks “The Economic Naturalist”

I think it is true, though somewhat obvious, that a very bad recession is generally harder for older and easier for younger people to weather (all other things being equal).

I’m still somewhat young, but being 10 years out of graduate school I do not count myself as a “recent” graduate. Still, I’m happy to be buying equities at lower prices, assuming they go up (way up) over the next few decades.

But the biggest lesson of the recession is that it hammered the near-retirees and retirees who didn’t have their financial house in order. Many, many, many, many, many had an overly aggressive AA, either out of ignorance or out of need for high returns (due to lack of saving at younger ages). It could happen again. To you. (I’m talking to you “recent” grads.)

If anyone living through the current recession does not learn this lesson they may be headed for a world of pain. Being aware of willingness, ability, and need for risk at all ages is critical. I’ll be blogging on this topic soon.
The Incidental Economist´s last blog ..Circularity via Guest Post