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It was not at all surprising to me to find out that 61% of Americans are financially illiterate. Some states are worse than others and it should come as little …

The last time I said something good about the economy one of my readers called me delusional. Fortunately I didn’t let that opinion change my investment strategy and it paid …

Why stand on your feet all day for slave wages, when you can get rich on your back? — Tom Carter Prostitutes, drug pushers, pimps, and money launderers — could this conceivably be your …

One of the most famous theories in the history of science was born in Ecuador. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution via natural selection was derived during the weeks he spent on …

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future. HIT THE ROAD, JILL — New York Times editor-in-chief …

This past Saturday evening saw the 100th White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the annual event at which politicians and the news media, the two groups directly responsible for the mess America is …

One of the frustrating things about personal finance is watching people, smart people, make the same mistakes over and over. Those bad decisions happen at the personal level, then bubble …

Americans have a long tradition of packing up and moving to find better opportunities. Covered wagons streamed west in the early 1800s, packed with people willing to brave the hazards …