Bruce L. Gordon, Ph.D. Wealth Tax in Plain English What would it mean for the government to impose a wealth tax? In the broadest sense, a wealth tax is imposed on everything that you own. Such taxes are often reserved for those the government deems to be “wealthy.” This can be an individual or a […]
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Here we highlight the states with the most and least overall credit card debt as well as the states with the highest and lowest credit card debt per person.
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“The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.” Benjamin Franklin The Financial Literacy Problem in America Despite […]
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Here are fifty easy ways to make money, ranging from spare change to things you can turn into a full-time career.
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Parents must learn how to teach kids about money. By starting young and introducing new topics over the years, you’re setting your children up for success.
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If you want to be more frugal in your life, there are tons of ways to save money that you may not even realize are out there.
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Why do some people swear off credit cards? It’s not having a credit card that’s a problem, but making mistakes with your card.
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Credit cards are everywhere, so ubiquitous that it’s easy to forget there’s a dark side to this industry.
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Building Financial Success: Why Should You Care about Credit Cards? Credit cards–who needs them? While various schools of thought offer different approaches to answering this question, we believe that credit cards are virtually undeniable as a resource of modern finance, and represent an excellent tool for building financial wellbeing in general. In this guide we […]
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Imagine a world in which money abounds but people are too fearful to spend it. Thinking that things can only get worse, they hold onto it for a worse emergency than the present distress. In consequence, even though there’s a lot of liquidity, very little gets spent. This is a deflationary scenario, and it doesn’t […]
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