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10 Ways Having a Baby Changes Your Finances

This series is brought to you by TurboTax Federal Free Edition.   Share Having a child brings about…

BP Editors · February 22, 2012
Economy

11 Ways America is Keeping Poor People Poor

  Share An ancient piece of common wisdom says the poor get poorer and the rich get richer…

BP Editors · September 30, 2011
Economy

10 Most Bizarre Economic Bubbles in History

Economic bubbles have been around since the birth of currency. Created by a wide range of factors, from…

Julian Crowley · March 23, 2011
Economy

10 Charts That Illustrate What’s Wrong With the America

Image: Lisa Yarost/Flickr The American economy is in flux, to put it mildly. Especially if you compile individual…

Drea Knufken · March 16, 2011
Economy

Why High-Speed Rail Isn’t That Great

Image by Brad Templeton, via Coyote Blog I want to like trains. I like riding them, both here…

Drea Knufken · March 10, 2011
Economy

Are Food Prices Worth the Worry?

Oil prices are levitating; as a result, everyone is freaking out about food. Food prices, that is, which…

Drea Knufken · March 3, 2011
Economy

MIPEX: Immigrants Are Doing OK in the USA

The British Council and European Community have launched the latest version of MIPEX, the Migrant Integration Policy Index.…

Drea Knufken · February 28, 2011
Economy

Libya: Oil Troubles Could Hit Europe Hard

Image: John/Wikimedia Commons Libya exploded last night. Protesters, tired of not seeing their country’s wealth trickle down, burned…

Drea Knufken · February 21, 2011
Economy

Scary

Calculated Risk has a downright scary (un)employment chart:

Drea Knufken · February 7, 2011
Economy

Fed Poised to Make Everything More Expensive

This Tuesday and Wednesday, the Fed will unleash a second round of quantitative easing (increasing the money supply)…

Drea Knufken · November 1, 2010
Economy

Blog Action Day 2010: 10 Things You Need to Know About Water

Image: Flagstaffotos.com.au/Wikimedia Today is Blog Action Day 2010. The theme is water, that innocuous liquid that also happens…

Drea Knufken · October 15, 2010
Economy

Peter Diamond Wins Nobel, But Not Federal Reserve Seat

Federal Reserve Board nominee Peter Diamond, under whom Ben Bernanke studied; Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides have won…

Drea Knufken · October 11, 2010
Economy

US States Renamed for Countries With Similar GDP

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Drea Knufken · August 12, 2010
Economy, Finance, Politics

Indian Rupee Gets a New Currency Symbol

India’s currency, the rupee, now has its own symbol, thanks to Indian Institute of Technology post-grad D Udaya…

Drea Knufken · July 15, 2010
Economy

IMF Bullish on Global Growth–On the Surface

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that the global economy will grow 4.6% this year, 0.4% more…

Drea Knufken · July 8, 2010
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