Will They Serve Frozen Yogurt At The Next Revolution?
All rhetoric aside, revolutions are not started by the poor. The poor may contribute later on, or pile in and take the revolution to certain extremes, but they are not the ones who start it. I realize it is romantic to think of the poor rising up to break the yoke of poverty, but [...]
Pitfalls of a Branded Economic Culture
Brand names have always been important. For years, a good brand can mean everything from quality and reliability to status and social cache. But in the last twenty five years or so brand names have evolved into “branding” as a cultural and marketing phenomenon. Without proper branding, products and services can either fall by [...]
CSI Is Just Another TV Show In Los Angeles
The public sure loves its true crime stories. The public also loves television shows that approximate true crime, like CSI, which most know stands for Crime Scene Investigation. The CBS Television Network programs CSI in a number of cities. The cities range from New York, Las Vegas, Miami, but not Los Angeles. The show is [...]
Financial Meltdown Remedy–Stashing Your Cash in the Home Safe
Selling Safes As the financial crisis worsens more people are taking their money out of banks and buying home safes. They feel their valuables are better protected when it is closer to hearth and home than it is in a bank that could fail at any minute. They are stashing gold, jewelry and cash. According [...]
Is Fannie Mae to Blame for the Financial Crisis?
What I find in so many articles about the financial mess we are in is the greatest focus is on Fannie Mae. While no doubt Fannie Mae had much to do with the debacle we are now facing, there are multiple lenders at multiple banks who when freed of such elements as oversight and regulation [...]