Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
Boy dies of a tooth infection.
A good chunk of my medical posts last year were about fixing my teeth. I’ve had really poor dental health over my lifetime. I’m ashamed to admit this. But I am proud I overcame my fears and made fixing my teeth a priority. I’ve still got a long way to [...]
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Fascinating brief history of usury and lending. It’s offered up by the Americans For Fairness In Lending. It’s an advocacy organization with some well known names like Consumer Reports.
Like any transaction, “Let the buyer beware!”
Payday Loan Math from JLP at All Financial Matters.
Divorce2FinancialFreedom has a great companion story about Payday Loans and what you really [...]
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I’m sorry, this is the real reason why I want to be rich. Forget that scholarship stuff.
Though this article did not meet the 84th Carnival of Personal Finances’ two-week requirement, I still liked it. The Digerati Life on how living in a rich neighborhood can be dangerous for the poor Yet another reason why inequity [...]
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Usury is unChristian. It used to be a sin. In our current economic state of affairs, is it still a sin or a necessary evil?
I avoid religion in my blog, and that’s as far as I’ll go. Think of it as a philosophical question instead of theological and continue forth with the rest of the [...]
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