In the comments, Janice points out this article in the NY Times also discussing the math problems people have when trying to figure out what’s reasonable to save on. Mr. Geeky and I have spent hours in the past doing the back and forth of deciding whether to buy something or figuring out how to [...]

The radio silence is due in part to illness and in part to watching the train wreck of our failing economy. There are great conversations going on at 11D and and Half-Changed World where people are trying to come to grips with what this whole mess means for them. The short answer, none of us [...]

Not since my days as an almost economics major have I read so much about money and markets. And I still don’t really have a clue what’s going on. It’s not that I’m dumb, but I think there’s some smoke and mirrors going on. One lawmaker yesterday said that there should be provisions for limiting [...]

A Chronicle article highlights a collection of books pointing out that Americans are getting more stupid. Many of these books blame the internets. I haven’t read any of these books, so I don’t know what they all blame, but in the brief synopses provided by Benton, it seems none of these books blame the economy [...]