April 2010
29 posts
A matter of trust →
The banking industry looked pretty ugly in the hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday as Senate leaders on the left and the right slammed Goldman Sachs for allegedly defrauding investors.
In case you…
Six words across America →
Jobs, health care, finances, credit, mortgages, recession. These are just six of the many topics EconomyStory has covered on the economic crisis. As our project is coming to an end soon, we’ve been…
BudgetBacchus: Hi/Lo Pairing (Ahhhhhhhh the... →
Once a week, friends and I take turns making dinner at each other’s homes. This week’s dinner host had a taste for comfort food and found a recipe for fancy meatloaf involving pancetta and parsley. I liked the hi execution/lo concept idea (she discusses it here), and figured a hi concept/lo…
Cut it out →
Coupons/ Credit: Flickr user sgrace
It’s always taken a bit of persistence and planning to save money on the things you buy, whether it’s religiously cutting coupons from the newspaper…
All about the Benjamins →
New $100 bill
The new $100 bill design was unveiled today, and will go into circulation next February. The new $100s are aimed at preventing counterfeiting. NPR’s Planet Money reports:
What did they know? →
Finger-pointing about the economic crisis won’t get us out of it, but Congressional hearings aim to provide some clarity around the latest analysis of the Lehman Brothers collapse and the SEC…
What motivates the workforce? →
PBS NewsHour’s Paul Solman looks at how Wall Street bonuses and other issues affect workplace productivity on a more granular level.
Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? - NYTimes.com →
UGH! Depressing.
Art and taxes →
The forms we get from the IRS aren’t what anyone would call inspiring works of art. But the concept of taxes inspires all kinds of artistic expression around the world.
In the U.K. this week, a…
“The journalist enjoys good standing in his community. He is even likely to be...”
– ‘There’s a great future for you’: Studies in Crap presents 1965’s ‘Your Career in Journalism’ (via archivedigger)
Follow the (tax) money →
Now that you’ve paid your taxes, where is all that money going?
KQED’s YouDecide tool lets you answer a poll about whether your money is being well spent, and shares data about where the money…
Eating on a budget →
Meatloaf dinner
Just the idea of meatloaf conjures an image of TV dinners, Depression-era cookbooks, and eating for cheap. It’s not an inspiring image for a foodie, but I figured there…
NYT: Tax deductions for the marginally employed →
best part: “If you do not twitter, you do not qualify as a freelancer and may not use this form”
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Book club →
This is hardly the first financial crisis the world has faced. What kinds of books were coming out fifty or even a hundred years ago to help people get a grasp on economic concepts during times of…
Poynter: Will an online project win a Pulitzer... →
More taxing times →
Tax Day is next Thursday, so in honor of all the last-minute procrastinators out there (and the accountants who help them!), here are few final tips and stories about tax season from around the…
Going shoeless →
Toms Shoes
Sometimes the bad economic news seems so acute that we forget how good we have it. One company is trying to increase awareness of world poverty … by going barefoot.
A…
California crunch →
It shouldn’t be news to anyone that California is in a major crunch these days, and not the granola kind. The budget crisis has gotten so bad that in Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has…
100 Garden Challenge: Planting 100 Edible Gardens... →
cool kickstarter project!
Ripe for recession →
Strawberries/Credit: Flickr/ClayIrving
Every Tuesday, I cook dinner with a friend of mine to save some money by cooking at home and improving our kitchen skills. This week is her turn…
Costs of unemployment →
Two videos: one serious, one funny about the costs of unemployment.
First, PBS NewsHour analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks take a look at the political costs of the still-high unemployment…
A struggle from serving to working →
The unemployment numbers have leveled off at 9.7% — certainly a lukewarm sign at best for the country by any measure. Particularly for veterans, reentering the workforce is a challenge. Male…
NYT: IPad FAQs →
I love David Pogue:
Q. Am I really supposed to buy this thing when I already have a laptop and an iPhone?
A. It always surprises me how many people are made indignant by the very thought of the iPad, as though Congress passed a law that requires you to buy one!
You’re not, as it turns out. Buying one is totally optional.
News flash →
We got a tip ahead of the jobless numbers being released tomorrow:
Unemployment drops to 1% because the government is now counting walking to Starbucks, looking for the remote control, and…