Small Business Boomers

November 12th, 2008

If Baby Boomers Ruled the World, or How Would YOU Fix the Economy?

Now that I have heard over and over how we Baby Boomers caused the financial collapse by our profligate spending and our financial irresponsibility, maybe we should just take over and fix the whole mess.
Miranda Marquit (from Yielding Wealth) and other “ordinary” Americans were asked their opinions on how to fix the economy.  Miranda has […]

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September 26th, 2008

The U.S. “Debt Mountain” is the culprit

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Miranda Marquit (Yielding Wealth) says that the real problem with our economy is consumer debt.  Darn right!  From the biggest investment banks down to “mom and pop” households, we are buried in a mountain of debt.
Don’t believe me?  How about these facts?
MSNMoney says,  (and I quote):

About 43% of American families […]

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July 24th, 2008

Market cycle, revisited, or “it’s just another recession…”

As I wrote a week ago, we’re in the down swing of a market cycle.  Miranda Marquit, over at Yielding Wealth, wrote about this same issue, and she included a list of the recessions we have experienced over the past few 80 years, staring with the “Great Depression.”
If you want a dramatic visual representation, check […]

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