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Not Just Another Recession - How This Economic Crisis Stacks Up

This is a guest post by Philip of Weakonomics. Philip is a twenty-something that works for one of the largest banks in the United States. Weakonomics believes education is the most powerful tool to fix the economic problems we face. The educated consumer can avoid the bad financial services, thus making them unprofitable. The educated [...]

Take a Free Economics Course From Yale on Financial Markets by Robert Shiller

A Free Online Economics Course 
How would you like to study a economics course offered by an Ivy League university taught by one of the top economists in the world from the comfort of your home? And what if it was all completely free? Well, you can. Thanks to Yale’s open courses project and great technology, [...]

Are You Part of the Gig Economy? If Not, You Might Want to Start Thinking About It Now

When most people think of people who work gigs, images of musicians and freelancers are the first to pop up. But believe it or not, many more seemingly regular folks are working gigs these days. I heard a story on NPR last week that spoke to Tina Brown, founder of TheDailyBeast.com and she called it [...]

What Republican Leaders Deem Wasteful in the Proposed Stimulus Plan - Do You Agree?

It doesn’t matter where you stand on the political spectrum, but I think we can all agree that the $885 billion over $900 billion proposed stimulus package is a lot of money. Especially when you consider the existing TARP stimulus that was around $350 billion $700 billion, and the $160 billion or so that was sent [...]