Archive for November, 2013

Stop it right now. Debt isn’t always Bad!

// November 12th, 2013 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

As a society we seem to have developed a hatred for debt since the economy nearly suffocated in 2008. Now clearly, when you have a choice between using debt and not using debt, the choice is probably clear. And debt can be bad when abused, but it’s not absolutely bad. Milk is good for your bones, but try to drink a gallon at once and see what happens. It drives me crazy that so many perspectives today are a reaction to the extreme case and not the normal case. I think debt is another victim of this type of thinking. (more…)

Stagnating Wages? It’s much worse than that.

// November 6th, 2013 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

I don’t want to say I told you so back in August, 2010 when I wrote Stay Above the Median, but…I told you so. They used much better visuals in this video than I have the capability to create – and it tells this story over a broader timeframe – so here is a great little clip from Inequality for All: