Posts Tagged ‘ Money ’

The Privileges by Jonathon Dee presents an amorality tale that unfortunately is more fact than fiction. A well written story about a golden couple who hit it big illegally in the hedge fund racket, spend obscene amounts of money and never seem to reflect.
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Things have been looking grim lately. The global economic meltdown. Swine flu outbreaks. Can things get any worse? Yes, yes they can. Much worse. I never thought it would come to this, but there’s no denying it. Our worst fears have been realized. Truly, we are damned. – read. like. support. – Funny Headline...
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How many of you played with your student loans as if they were free money?  Take a look at this story from Law.com: “Government Cracking Down on Unpaid Student Loans” The United States is filing a slew of civil lawsuits this month in federal court in Chicago against people who received government student loans,...
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I know I did. If you have not listened to the This American Life Episode #365, I highly recommend it.  It’s informative, impartial, and interesting.  (iii reflects !!!) My favorite part of the program was the 2nd piece on credit default swaps. Ira tells* us that “one way to think about this product is...
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Well, shit. Fat chance I’ll get a job in New York now. In other news, the U.S. financial system appears to be imploding. The Dow was down 500...
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Well, it’s no catastrophe — yet. The Dow was down around 500 pts by the end of trading — it’s worst drop in 7 years. But we’re not out of the woods. When AIG goes under, there’s no telling how much farther it could go. Barring a miracle, AIG has a few days of...
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