It’s in your food supply. It affects your health. The Fed Chairman does it. Robin Hood did it. Dying people must deal with it. The 1% get their share but so do single Moms. You can find it in merit scholarships. It was behind the Cold War. It pits the old against the young and [...]
Smart Currencies Revisited On June 7, 2011, I posted a blog about alternative currency movements that are springing up. The Boodleworld site also has a resources section that covers alternatives to money. It seems that the financial meltdown has spurned a number of new innovative forms of money. The problem with barter systems, which is [...]
The other night, I was out with my son in the Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles. He was also going out of town that evening so we had to arrange a rendezvous with his friends who he was going to be driving with. I thought to myself that in my day, we did not have [...]
Living in Los Angeles, I am inundated with stories in the papers about Frank McCourt, the owner of the Dodgers baseball team. His fate seems to also be aligned with the other news in the form of the nefarious Momar Gadhafi of Libya as they both try to cling to power with institutional forces trying [...]
If you happened to have checked out the Resources Section of this website, there are a number of ways to check into alternative currencies. I also mention The Future of Money by Bernard Lietar in the Books Section of the Resources tab. You could also start exploring alternative currencies by checking out Thomas Greco’s website [...]
Most of us are familiar with the idea that buying and eating locally grown food strengthens our local economies and is healthy for ourselves and the planet. Slow food movements are also a great inspiration for those who want to go local when it comes to money, too. Plenty of places around this country and [...]
What’s your theme song when it comes to money? Is it “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers (“You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em*…know when to walk away, know when to run…”)? John Lee Hooker’s “But Your Lovin’ Don’t Pay My Bills.” Or is it “Money” by Pink Floyd (“Money, [...]
Think of all the products designed to save you time, such as pre-grated cheese and pre-washed lettuce, phones with speed dial, or that handy grill cheese iron from Ronco™. How many of these do you buy? How much time do you think they save you in a day? Do you use technology as a reflection [...]
Which of the following bullet-point statements do you agree with? • Money is good. • Money is bad. • I enjoy spending time managing my money. • I would rather not think about money at all. • I use my money to take care of others. • I want a rich spouse so I don’t [...]
Money is not mathematical. It’s hormonal. At least in the world of “monkey money” and, I suspect, in our world, too. A somewhat recent story I heard on NPR was about how monkeys can improve their economic lot in life by learning new skills that make other monkeys like them more. A low-ranking money is [...]
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