China’s Financial Crisis Team Has 10th Meeting in 2 Months
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s top economic aide, Vice-Premier Liu He, met for the 10th time in 2 months on Saturday with China’s version of a “plunge protection team.” They have a different name for it: the Financial Stability and Development Committee, which met for...
Dumb it Down: Financial Illiteracy in America
I’ve taught at practically every level in the American school system: elementary school, high school, college, online courses… Public, private, charter, schools… You name it, I’ve probably taught it. And not once in my years of teaching did I see the...
Adding Insult to Injury: Salaries for the Top 1% are Higher than Ever
The widening wealth gap between the haves and the have-nots has been a scarcely discussed topic in the traditional media. Whether the fat cats who own the mega-media outlets want to suppress this discussion, I’ll leave up to you to decide… but what’s...