rdan How to get a human on the phone for company information and service can be had at the linked site.

rdan The St. Louis Fed includes the review on monetary policy. Figure 1 shows ‘currency in circulation’ to be basically flat at this time, which indicates much of the new money is in excess reserves and has not entered the broader money supply. This also begins to address in a clear way the concerns and […]

rdan Movie Guy, in comments, provides a beginning glimpse at trends in the realms of retirement funding: Retirement funds in danger for millions of Americans By Mike Bryan 6 March 2009 WSWS EXCERPT: Between October 9, 2007, and October 9, 2008, equity assets in retirement plans dropped by about $4 trillion in value, according to […]

rdan A well done 59 minute description of the basics of part of the current financial crisis and actually no one yelling. Nice. Podcast of Bad Banks. Transcript of This American Life.

rdan Smackdown at Instaputz with Ken Houghton.

President Obama offered a proposal to restructure the student loan industry. Higher Ed. Watch reports: President Obama sent shockwaves through the student loan industry last week when he called on Congress to dismantle the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program next year and use the savings to turn the Pell Grant program into a true […]

rdan After writing a series on Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Trauma Syndrome Disorder for active duty troops and National Guard, I am sad to post this item, in that it appears that the popular perception of the most common injuries among troops is still misunderstood. I also find that if I say TBI as […]

by cactus Going Galt – Present and Past There seems to be some chatter among right wing blogs about “going Galt” – i.e., ceasing to do paying work, shuttering one’s business, etc. – given Obama’s plan to let Bush tax cuts on those with the highest levels of income expire. (This new movement is covered […]

by cactus Tax cuts aren’t the only thing that work great in every situation. Hoarding gold works too: Gold is now regarded as a hedge against both inflation and deflation, says Alan Ruskin, the chief international strategist at Greenwich, Connecticut-based RBS Greenwich Capital Markets Inc. The first is reflected in the high dollar price of […]