My third post ever was about my own car buying experience. However most of you weren’t around then so I wanted to rehash that post into a simple guide on how to buy a car. Buying a car can be a very simple exercise, or it can be a stress filled nightmare that ends with [...]

“The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of 10 years, in such manner as they shall by Law direct.” This is the second of the Constitution that mandates we have a census every 10 years. The Census [...]

If you’re a Food Network fan (such as myself and The Sheconomist) you’ve no doubt seen the Food Network Challenge where bakers compete to make different foods. Frankly, the show bears little interest to me, however they were making cookies the other day, which bears more interest than even money in my world. They were [...]

We don’t usually have much fun here at Weakonomics. Okay, actually I have a lot of fun and don’t care if you do or don’t. But I want everyone to have fun today. As everyone should know, Warren Buffett is considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Through his company, Berkshire Hathaway, he [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I have the secrets to making money in the stock market, and I’m here today to share them with you. The process is very simple, but does require time and effort. You can do this if you follow my simple guide. Step 1: Go to school. You need to get a good [...]

What created this recession in the first place? People were sold mortgages they couldn’t afford. Payments caught up to them because the interest rates reset. Had they gotten fixed rate mortgages they wouldn’t have had this problem. Of course, had they gotten a fixed rate they probably wouldn’t have been able to afford the house. [...]

Senator Chris Dodd has shown us what happens when you don’t have to worry about meeting the obligations of your biggest campaign donators. For Dodd, that was the financial services industry. But since he isn’t running for reelection he doesn’t have to worry about that anymore. That’s why he’s putting his name on the biggest [...]

Since the 1980s the Social Security Administration (SSA) has been collecting more in taxes than it pays out. This is a good thing because it allows the administration to build up a surplus that will be needed later. The 80s and 90s were when the Baby Boomers were making the good money, and paying into [...]