Last week I encouraged people to ditch their credit card for anything but the most extreme of situations—and there aren’t many—in order to avoid the cancer sweeping the nation: credit card debt. This week I’m asking you to ditch your bank. Not any bank you might have, but a very specific variety: the one that…
Category: Wednesday
Now What? (Life Post Grad): The Vicious Cycle of Experience
Welcome to “Now What?” a weekly feature for figuring out what to do after you graduate college. It is the best time of times to be young. It is the worst of times to be young. This is the worst economy for recent college graduates in almost a century. All the promises of wealth you’ve…
The Fast Food Critic: Reviewing the Latest Foods Designed to Kill You
Today I’m reviewing the latest Frankenstein burger, the Jalapeno and Cheddar Stuffed Burger King Steakhouse Burger which sounds more like a sentence than a sandwich. As a general health rule, if your burger needs a period at the end of it (like Chili’s Bacon Ranch Cheddar Fried Onion Chili Burger), you might want to go…
Working Class Economist: Take Your Credit Card, Set It on Fire, and Piss on the Ashes
Welcome to Working Class Economist, a feature that will take a look at the economy through the people most affected by it but so rarely mentioned by policy wonks discussing interest rates or credit default swaps: people making less than 60,000 a year. Today’s feature is all in the title: the abusive relationship you have…