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Wealth Inequality Might Be Hurting Families’ Retail Budgets

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Housing costs now consume 50 percent more of these families’ annual budgets (compared to 1996), and transportation also eats up 7 percent more of their wallets (up to 15.7 The picture is even more dire for families on the lower end of the income spectrum. percent in 2014 from just 8.8 percent in 2009).

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 The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning

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It is a complicated question — and one greatly dependent on how exactly one lays out the math. New To The Market: A Secure Credit Card And A Sneak Peak Theatrical Release. Amazon and Synchrony Financial are partnering up on a new secured card credit offer for Amazon Prime members looking to rebuild their credit. market share.

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Start/Stop Cycle: Modern-Day Money Laundering And What To Do About It

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Also, in the 1920s, it had recently been ruled unconstitutional to make, transport or sell alcohol (because making a rule against something always stops people from wanting to do it, right?). The popularity of laundromats grew accordingly. Spoiler alert: People still wanted to drink.

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Resetting Work/Life Balance By Getting Paid For Expertise

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And so, I started then providing educational meetings on social security, and Medicare, and other topics, state planning. If I helped somebody make some social security and Medicare decisions, then they were asking me if they could roll money over and raising their hand. Who comes to a conversation about social security and Medicare?

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Tune In To Payments Reality Check!

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He’d teach them about a variety of things going on in the world – science, math, archaeology, literature. It’s not the safest thing to do, nor is it the most financially sophisticated, but it makes some people feel secure. Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. Here’s another reality check.

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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

Barry Ritholtz

Sean Dobson has really had a fascinating career as a real estate investor, starting pretty much at the bottom and working his way up to becoming a investor in a variety of mortgage backed securities, individual homes, commercial real estate, really all aspects of the finding, buying and investing in, in real estate. Anything else?

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Transcript: Angus Deaton

Barry Ritholtz

So when I was at this very fancy private school that I was at as a kid, I did math because it gave me a huge amount of free time to do the things I really cared about. But when I got to Cambridge, you know, the math was sort of serious there. So, you know, I took my math into statistics and things. Am I getting right?