Tag: George Harrison

Teach Your Children Well . . . About the Financial Aspects of Living in the Material World

Most of us don’t-learn about money the same way we don’t-learn about the birds and the bees: from our parents. Yup, it’s sad but true that most of our parents never taught us nothin’ ’bout sex and never taught us nothin’ ’bout no money (though some of them were big […]

Roth Accounts: The Most Underused, but Very Useful, Retirement Tool

During the 12/12/12 concert a few nights ago I was double-screening — with the big screen tuned to one of the many networks showing the event and the little screen tuned into my own little slice of the Twitterverse. It’s always interesting to see non-music folks commenting on music. One […]

Entropy, Dodo Birds, and Reducing Complexity in Your Financial Life

We learn today that Hostess — maker of Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes — is going to cease to exist. It will be no more. Michael Pollan cheers. So do I (though, given the nasty labor vs. capital fight that is going on here, I limit my cheer to the part […]

Labor and Capital, and How They’re Taxed

The country, and even some of the globe, waits expectantly for the presidential debate tonight. Afterwards, heads will talk, pundits will opine, spinmeisters will spin, and watercoolers everywhere will be privy to more political comment than usual. Can everything the presidential election is about be contained within 90 minutes followed […]