All Entries in the "Money/Economics" Category

Get Out of Debt Now by Any Means

This post is in response to a question I received from Sarah in a comment. She asked:
I dont understand why you let yourself slide into this position. Why? bankruptcy.losing your house,credit,credibility,and business and reduced to the kindness of strangers and all that. kinda like all those harvard grads in the banking industry whom have just [...]

September 20, 2008 | Joanne | Comments 2

The Real Reason for Inflation and Deflation

In a previous post (Inflation: Why Your Dollar Just Doesn’t Buy As Much) I posted two videos from YouTube about money and inflation. I was so intrigued by those videos that I bought a couple books to learn more.
In this post I would like to discuss the claims made in the first video that I [...]

June 23, 2008 | Joanne | Comments 6

Inflation: Why Your Dollar Just Doesn’t Buy as Much

When I first considered filing bankruptcy, I felt guilty about the idea of not honoring my debt. But when I added up how much I was paying in interest and how much I was getting to keep to eat, entertain myself, save for the future (that would be ZERO), and pay down my mortgage, I [...]

June 10, 2008 | Joanne | Comments 2