Free Cars
There has to be a word for what happens when the same concept comes from two completely different sources in a very short period of time. Last night, I taught my students in my business law class how to distinguish… Continue Reading
Money
Economic Dating
In a post that belongs on favorite relationship-analysis website Bobvis, the Freakonomics Blog at NYT presents a remarkably shallow exchange of remarkably clear economic thought: The Gold-Digger versus the Heartless Hedge Fund Veep.
Closing
Our check cleared. We get the keys tomorrow. That’s good, because we bought over $400 worth of painting supplies yesterday. I’m relieved, The Wife is ecstatic. As of tomorrow, we’re homeowners again!
Cashier’s Check
Today is the day for closing escrow on Soffit House. The Wife and I needed to produce $8,600 in the form of a cashier’s check to close on our house. So yesterday, I went to Wells Fargo to have that… Continue Reading
The Wages of Stress
Didn’t I just take a vacation? How come I’m so stressed out? I’ve had what feels like an unusually stressful week. Couple of weeks. Work has been at what often feels like a frantic pace. I’ve bowed to necessity and… Continue Reading
Smoking Statistical Soup
I have no idea what this chart means. It was offered, in another forum, to prove that poor people smoke more than rich people do (and therefore that a tax on cigarettes is regressive). But as far as I can… Continue Reading
Chrysler Sold For $7.4B
DaimlerBenz is selling an 80% stake in Chrysler to a U.S.-based VC firm for $7.4 billion. Daimler bought Chrysler for $37 billion ten years ago, so this represents a loss of more than two billion dollars a year since then.… Continue Reading
The Music of My Youth
Normally, I’m not particularly concerned about television commercials. They are typicaly innocuous, if a bit loud, and since getting the TV recorder, they are largely a thing of the past. But listening to a thin-reeded waif cover Sonic Youth to… Continue Reading
Student Loan
I’m taking a short break from grading papers for my recently-concluded online classes and going through some bills that came in the mail today. I notice that my bill for my student loan is unusually low. So I scrutinize the… Continue Reading