In order to make money work better for everyone, you have to be a selfish collaborator. It may sound like an oxymoron but let’s start by digging deeper into money’s past. In Money 1.0, meaning the original version of money’s introduction into the world, money’s use had to become widespread and those using it had [...]
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. -Sid Caesar Collaboration (Part I) Think dinosaur. Big massive body with a tiny head and a long tail should come to mind. Let’s use that metaphor for money exchange, idea exchange, and where most [...]
A gaggle of articles, blogs, books, and talk shows are honking statistics that show the widening disparity between the super rich and the rest of us. We hear about the increase in poverty, and about our collective lack of healthcare or, for those that do have care, our inability to afford it, among more gloomy [...]
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 [...]
Stuff your gold in their Sachs because I am back. How can I be back when you never even knew I was here in the first place? Well, let me tell you the story of this website, in what I hope will be a nutshell. I’m a Certified Financial Planner (R) and once upon a [...]