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13
Aug

Weakonomics Links: Why Does College Cost So Much?

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, August 13th 2010   Leave a reply   

I’m on vacation so this is a short post of good reading. Enjoy!
Why Does College Cost So Much?
Why Car Thieves Are Males
Hidden Economic Indicators: Hotel Occupency
Vitamin Water Being Sued For Not Being Healthy
Universities That Crank Out The Most Billionaires
Morningstar Admits Expenses Are Better Rating System Than Their Star System

under: business, economics, links, lists, personal finance    
3
Aug

11 Things You Didn’t Know About Ben Bernanke

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, August 3rd 2010   1 comment so far   

The job of Chairman of the Federal Reserve is not one many would actively pursue. You’re always in the public eye, people blame you when the economy is bad and blame you when the economy is not good enough. You’re the most powerful financial person in the world, but your power really aren’t that powerful. [...]

under: government, links, lists    
2
Jul

Weakonomics Links: Loose Ends

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, July 2nd 2010   Leave a reply   

Just like I get a lot of ideas in my head that I never seem to make their way into a full blog post, I get lots of links that never seem to find their way into a a post of their own.  To clear out my “ideas” document I’ve decided to just let a [...]

under: economics, government, links, lists, personal finance    
18
Jun

New Jersey’s Reputation

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, June 18th 2010   Leave a reply   

I don’t have anything against the state of New Jersey (click the link for an economic tour of the state).  I’m sure it’s a fine and beautiful place.  But why are these the two stories I’ve heard about the state in the past few days?
Jersey Politician Draws Total Disability Pay yet Runs Marathons
New Jersey Woman [...]

under: government, investing, links, tour of the country    
5
Jun

Weakend: The Weakonomist’s Power Foods

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, June 5th 2010   1 comment so far   

The Weakonomist is all about nutrition. Mind you, I have a serious sweet tooth that is only bested by The Sheconomist’s sweet tooth. She is blessed with the metabolism of an Olympian. I however do not possess such a metabolism so from time to time tend to “bloat” (more on this in [...]

under: links, lists, personal, weakend    
1
Jun

Carnival of Personal Finance – Frugality is Dead

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, June 1st 2010   Comments Off   

I submitted a link to the Carnival of Personal Finance because I wanted more people to read about Frugality Being Dead.  If you want a whole big list of personal finance links from the last week or so check out the carnival which is hosted at A Gai Shan Life

under: links, lists, personal finance    
29
Mar

A Year Back: What Was Important

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, March 29th 2010   Comments Off   

We don’t look back at history as often as we should. As an amateur student of history, with a focus on finance and economics, I want to start looking back at what was important to us a year ago. In many cases, what we thought was important no longer matters. Hopefully, in my [...]

under: banking, business, economics, government, links, lists, media    
26
Mar

Weakonomics Links: Leverage with Facebook

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, March 26th 2010   Comments Off   

Happy Friday my friends.  It’s been a long week for me which included a very fun post which is getting a lot more responses than my usual posts.  Normally I’m not pursuing comments or a real discussion on this blog because that’s not the purpose of Weakonomics.  I’d rather you be informed and take the [...]

under: links, lists, personal, personal finance    
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