Recently added articles from Dollars & Sense:
Recovery for Whom?
Sep 01, 2009; ... Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke recently suggested that the recession may be over. Other economic forecasters have gone so far as to claim that the economy is recovering at a faster rate than it did in the last two recessions. And yet more Americans think the economy is getting worse rather than ...
Free Press or Fee Press?
Sep 01, 2009; ... The newspaper industry is going through its own economic crisis, and consequently many papers are looking for new ways to make money. But that is no reason to forego journalistic integrity. The Washington Post cancelled an "intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon" after a flier advertising ...
This Commencement Brought to You by . . .
Sep 01, 2009; ... It seems that life will imitate art, if the price is right. To promote the release of its new romantic comedy"! Love You, Beth Cooper," which opens with a nerdy valedictorian professing his love for a popular classmate during his graduation speech, 20th Century Fox recruited Kenya Mejia, ...
This Boring Lecture Brought to You by . . .
Sep 01, 2009; ... Kenya Mejia (see above) might want to consider enrolling in Boston University. Students in a BU marketing class first thought they were just getting a guest lecture by a noted cultural anthropologist. They had no idea that the professor had handed the class over to a McDonald's advertising team ....
Are You Insured?
Sep 01, 2009; ... Actually that's a trick question. According to the folks at the libertarian Cato Institute, no one is really insured. They explain that if you have a long-term condition but lose your job and must therefore switch providers, your nowpre-existing condition will cause your premiums to shoot up, ...