In a March 30 blog post, former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke answered the question, “Why are interest rates so low?” Most people answer that question by saying
Last week, we discussed how important it was for college students (and pretty much everyone else) to study art and the humanities; but this is not at the
I have always found Wichita Falls, Texas, where I have lived for about 23 years now, to be open to outsiders as long as they roll up their sleeves and get to
Charles Schwab wants to help you manage your investments for free. I grew up in a world where there was no such thing as a free lunch (before oodles of free
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I want to be rich. Not a little rich. The kind of rich where I can donate enough to have a building named after me.
You’ve done it. You stretch as far as you can and then thrust out your hand to grab something deep on a shelf. Often that works and the prize is in your hand
In his State of the Union address, President Obama outlined a number of ways to make education more affordable. I’m sure that most of you realize that the cost
If you’re human you couldn’t possibly have avoided thoughts of what you might do if you had won the recent Mega Millions lottery of over $640 million. While
This is the fifth of my four articles looking at how our country might structure a tax code. I realized that while my intention was not to recommend one way
Welcome to our fourth week of looking at tax systems. Today, I want to examine how your economic philosophy affects which system appeals to you. But first, a
This is the third in a series exploring how a tax system might be created or revised. Last week we looked at the basics of the flat tax. This week we turn our
Last week I introduced three ways to divide out who paid what in taxes to run the government. Today I want to look at the pros and cons of the flat tax system.
