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Credit Card Clarity

Ken Kaye — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Graphic designers from the nonprofit group Design for Democracy propose a standard display form for credit card interest and fees, similar to the standard nutrition information printed on U.S. food packaging. Compared to the current fine print and deliberate obfuscation on fee statements, theirs would be a great improvement. This would be a good addition to [...]

3 Secrets of Good ADHD Money Management

johnsup — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:39 +0000

You can learn personal money management through books, seminars and classes. Unfortunately, even when they teach personal money management, nothing is said about ADHD money management.

Budgeting in the City

Nick Kaye — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:13:36 +0000

It’s no surprise to read in today’s Times that New York City’s economy has been hit hard by recession-reduced subsidy checks from parents to 20-somethings. Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city’s most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their children new luxury condos, subsidizing rents and providing cash to spend at [...]

Caught in the Safety Net

Attn:Money — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:38:18 +0000

Joyce Wadler writes in the New York Times (May 14): “When hard economic times force adults to move back into their parents’ homes, the move is rarely without tensions.” Wadler’s article includes interviews with numerous individuals and couples well into their 30s, some with young children. According to the Census Bureau, as of last year there were [...]

NYC economy hit by decline in parental subsidies

Ken Kaye — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:04:07 +0000

The flow of parental money that helped fuel one of New York City’s most radical gentrifications has ebbed.

Takes Money to Make Money

Douglas Johnson — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:21:15 +0000

This post was inspired by a conversation I had with a younger musician over myspace and watching The Great World of Sound this past weekend. The basic thesis is, if someone in the music business tells you it takes money to make money, they're trying to take your money and make it their money.

Who are these DIY bank execs?

Nick Kaye — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:14:27 +0000

saw a headline today: “Bank of America May Need $34 Billion in New Capital” WAIT, isn’t that just another way of saying: “Bank of America Fails To The Tune of At Least $34 Billion Dollars” And in a parallel dimension the same “story” might headline thus: “All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Cached; Please Restock” Who are these DIY bank execs? [...]

Budgets Don’t Work

Nick Kaye — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:56:59 +0000

The single most helpful idea I’ve come up with — instead of monthly budgeting, which I found useless — is thinking about my cash flow one day at a time. It’s surprisingly easy to calculate.

The Challenge of Self-organization

Nick Kaye — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:54:28 +0000

Freelancing sounds fantastic—choose your hours, work from home, be your own boss—but the truth is, you’ll have a dozen bosses competing for all your hours, making conflicting demands and chaining you to your desk. Furthermore, even when you have a great month and bill a lot of work, that doesn’t mean you get the checks any time soon.

Believing I Could Do the Job

Nick Kaye — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:53:09 +0000

My first job in the adult world was a summer job when I was sixteen, in the main offices of Ameritech. I got hired to work on their website, only because my brother was the head of that department. My boss, who was about forty years old, reported to my twenty-eight-year-old brother, which made me even more nervous. The first day, the guy handed me a four hundred page operations manual with a million tabs all down the side, in a binder, and told me to make an exact replica of the thing.