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Bruce GordonFebruary 4, 2021

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Baseball Inflation: How a 500-Fold Increase Knocked Baseball Salaries Out of the Park

After a long and dreary winter, baseball season is finally underway—just in time for the news that inflation has hit a 40-year high. The salaries of our favorite baseball players are subject to their own sort of inflation. This particular inflation rate towers over the Consumer Price Index (CPI) typically used to quantify inflation. Since […]

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Economics Inflation Money Op-Ed

Money-Supply Inflation and Its Painful Fix

This article is the first in a three-part series explaining why the economic inflation we are experiencing was all-too-predictable, and outlining the things that ordinary citizens can do by way of self-protection to hedge against it and enhance their finances. The first topic of discussion will be government mismanagement of the money supply and the […]

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Highlights Money

Expensivity by the Square Foot: Palaces, Castles, and Mansions

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree… How do the abodes of today’s ultra-rich compare with the established residences of royalty? If you’re looking for splash and pizzazz, especially with respect to raw square footage, today’s ultra-rich mostly don’t measure up to the royal families and rulers of yesteryear. On the other […]

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Economics Highlights Money Resources

The 2021 US Pizza Index

America’s love story with pizza is 75 years old – and Americans started flirting with pizza pie well over a century ago. Lombardi’s, in New York City, is most commonly cited as America’s first pizzeria – this Little Italy joint opened in 1905. Pizza-chomping Italians had entered the States before the turn of the 20th […]

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Investing

Meme War: GameStop, Hedge Funds & The Battle for Wall Street

Share this graphic on your site! Source: Expensivity MemeWar – The Battle for Wall Street What happened to GameStop stock was arguably wilder and more exciting than some of the video games it sells. GameStop’s GameStop (GME) stock was trading around $18 in early January 2021 Elon Musk tweets “Gamestonk!” which drew extra attention to […]

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Shopping

7 Ways to Get Great Fitness Discounts

Fitness and finances go hand in hand. You'll need discipline to reach your goals in both. While you're at it, make sure you're also doing everything you can to save on your fitness expenses.

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Home

10 Tips for Effective Single Parent Budgeting

Single parents may face unique challenges making ends meet. We offer 10 steps single moms and single dads can take to face these financial pressures with confidence.

11 min read

Economics

How Interest Rate Hikes Impact Everyday Consumers

Federal interest rates are at a 20 year high. So what does that mean for you as a consumer? How will rising interest rates impact your spending, saving, and borrowing?

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