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11
Mar

What We’re Learning From the Forbes List of Richest People in the World

Posted by The Weakonomist in Thursday, March 11th 2010   Leave a reply   

Last year, I looked at the list of Forbes richest people and concluded a few things. A lot of billionaires lost huge percentages of their fortunes (up to 90%). Many of these people are very wealthy, but a large portion of their wealth is tied up in less liquid assets. For example, [...]

under: business, lists, media    
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    
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    
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    
8
Feb

Wives Outearning Husbands, But Getting Shafted

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, February 8th 2010   4 comments already   

This story is actually old (relatively speaking) but I wanted the initial media buzz to die off before I started talking about it.
This big story is that more wives are outearning their husbands than ever before. Considering that only 4% of women outearned their husbands in 1970, not increasing this number would have been [...]

under: economics, media, personal finance    
3
Feb

Obsession With The Big “Win”

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, February 3rd 2010   5 comments already   

My wife is a big fan of American Idol. And I must admit that I myself like the first part of the season when all the people are trying out. And anything that inspires a post for Weakonomics can’t be half bad. Scratch that, it usually means it’s all bad.
Let me [...]

under: media, personal finance    
2
Feb

Who Pays For The Olympics? Vancouver Edition

Posted by The Weakonomist in Tuesday, February 2nd 2010   6 comments already   

A year and a half ago I wrote about the who pays for the Olympics in Beijing. Weakonomics was in its infancy but it remains one of my most favorite posts to date.
Now the Vancouver Winter Olympics are just around the corner. I’m going to retouch some things from that post but I’m [...]

under: business, government, media    
30
Jan

Weakend: Oddly Specific

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, January 30th 2010   1 comment so far   

Ever see a sign that is really specific in its directions/instructions/warnings? Call them Oddly Specific and you’ve got a new photo blog. I’m going to be so sad when these stop being popular. But until then, enjoy!

under: media, weakend    
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