The Illusion of Democracy
A new dilemma arose today in the ‘Teach my 9 year old child about money’ project. Kellogg’s sent her a voting card and ballot proxy, urging
A new dilemma arose today in the ‘Teach my 9 year old child about money’ project. Kellogg’s sent her a voting card and ballot proxy, urging
Real-estate tax policy – incredibly important yet relatively unseen – shapes how and where we live. I’ve ranted about estate tax policy as well as
A version of this post ran in The Rivard Report. What is the value of an education? Like many, I see education from a combination
A version of this post ran in the San Antonio Express News. I recently used a reader question about a stock with ticker symbol MO –
A version of this appeared in the San Antonio Express News Dear Michael, I own a little of MO, purchased some time back with an
A version of this ran in the San Antonio Express News. I have a ‘thing’ about paying for small daily stuff in dollar coins. Apparently,

I founded Bankers Anonymous because, as a recovering banker, I believe that the gap between the financial world as I know it and the public discourse about finance is more than just a problem for a family trying to balance their checkbook, or politicians trying to score points over next year’s budget – it is a weakness of our civil society. For reals. It’s also really fun for me.
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