Archive for February, 2010

28
Feb

Weakonomics Featured In The Wall Street Journal!!

Posted by The Weakonomist in Sunday, February 28th 2010   3 comments already   

In 2009, I set many goals for the website.  One of them was to be featured in the traditional media in some way.  It could be a business magazine or newspaper, just something traditional.  This is opposed to new media such as websites, video, and especially blogs.  Call it a tribute to dying media, acceptance [...]

under: media, personal    
27
Feb

Weakend: The Plutus Awards, Don’t Vote For Me

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, February 27th 2010   4 comments already   

Someone who reads this blog on a semi-regular basis thought it would be cute to nominate this little cancer of the internet called Weakonomics for a personal finance award.  For more than two years now I’ve been writing garbage 6 days a week.  And for some reason you idiots keep reading.  Maybe it’s a pity [...]

under: personal, personal finance, weakend    
26
Feb

Corporate Social Responsibility Is A Bunch of Crap

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, February 26th 2010   3 comments already   

These days it’s trendy for corporations to be involved in the community. Huge corporations donate thousands and even millions of dollars to support causes ranging from financial literacy to childhood cancer. Does a corporation really care about such things?
The answer can go either way. The corporation doesn’t really care about social issues [...]

under: business    
25
Feb

Own A Piece Of Hollywood Thanks To the Hollywood Stock Exchange

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, February 25th 2010   2 comments already   

Are you a big movie buff? Can’t get enough of overpaying for the right to watch movies with a group of people? Think you know the Hollywood business better than anyone else? Then the Hollywood Stock Exchange is for you!
Just like there is fantasy trading of stocks, playing poker without actual money, [...]

under: business, investing, media    
24
Feb

Blame John F Kennedy For The Deficit

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, February 24th 2010   Leave a reply   

Our budget deficit has crested $1.4 trillion, the national debt is over $12 trillion. Every citizen in this country owes over $40,000 in debt. Not that’s not credit card, that’s the national debt per capita. Another view is that the national debt this year will be very close to 100% of GDP.
We’ve [...]

under: economics, government    
23
Feb

The Ultimate College Scholarship: Girl Sells Virginity To Pay For School

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, February 23rd 2010   3 comments already   

How did you pay for college? The Sheconomist and I were both lucky enough to have parents that could afford to pay it and neither of us graduated with any debt. That isn’t the case for many people. My dad, for instance, wasn’t so lucky. He made up for it with [...]

under: media, personal finance    
22
Feb

Why Inflation Doesn’t Bother Me

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, February 22nd 2010   5 comments already   

A fellow blogger over at Free Money Finance recently posted a concern of his, and mine. Inflation could be just around the corner, and I don’t want all of my money wiped out because I lose my buying power. Think about your nest egg, if inflation shoots up and stock market performance doesn’t [...]

under: economics, investing, personal finance    
20
Feb

Weakend: Please Rob Me

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, February 20th 2010   6 comments already   

If you have an iPhone you probably are familiar with location based services. They are apps that for one reason or another announce to your friends where you are at any given time. You can get points for checking in at various locations. It’s great for connecting with people that are [...]

under: weakend    
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