“The Money Myth Exploded” was one of the first articles of Louis Even, and remains one of the most popular to explain how money is created as a debt by private banks. Also, mentions the basis of the philosophy of Social Credit. picked by TheAnt314 8 months ago

A video series (5) about the banking system and the economy.

Very Relevant. Parts 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the comments. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

Just two generations ago, America was a nation of mostly thrifty people living within their means, even setting money aside for unforeseen expenses.

Today, Americans carry $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, up 22 percent since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household’s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15 percent from 2000. picked by BWallaby 1 year ago

What should you do when your spouse or significant other can’t seem to control his or her credit card spending? Bankrate.com’s Debt Adviser offers a few ideas. My boyfriend has more than $30,000 in credit card debt that he wants me to help pay off. He amassed an additional $30,000 debt three years ago but rolled this into his mortgage. I don’t think I should help pay for any of ... read full post picked by femina 3 years ago

Are you in debt?

How 'bout this debt? picked by zadscmc 3 years ago

You'd be wrong to think that it's only third world countries who have problems with debt. Consumer debt is running at an all time high in many developed nations. picked by andyboyd 3 years ago

It exploits a hole in Firefox, Internet Explorer 6, IE7, IE8, and Opera, and it is different from previously reported banking Trojans, said Ben-Itzhak. The Trojan runs an executable only on Windows systems, he said. The executable can come via a number of avenues, including malicious JavaScript or an Adobe PDF picked by DaftGretel 2 months ago

Putin took a few hours off from dealing with the financial crisis late last month to dance to hits like "Money, Money, Money" performed by the ABBA tribute band BjЪrn Again in a private concert for the prime minister and a group of friends, organizers of the show told The Moscow Times."Putin and his colleague friends were all dancing and getting involved with the choreography... read full post picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

What do you do on a slow work day? Well these people decided to have some fun with their coworkers and their money. And it turns out playing with your money can be very interesting. Look at how pictures you see everyday, takes on new life when you replace the top or the bottom half of the bills with your friends faces. Enjoy! picked by amabaie 7 months ago

Scott Weltman of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, a Cleveland law firm that performs deceased collections, says that if family members ask, “we definitely tell them” they have no legal obligation to pay. “But is it disclosed upfront — ‘Mr. Smith, you definitely don’t owe the money’? It’s not that blunt.” picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

Financial services guy posts information in general laymen's terms on finances, with links and lots of resources. He's got ideas on everything from what to do if your wallet is stolen to getting out of debt.
(Some information is geared toward college students, but most are general financial information). picked by lynxears 4 months ago

A woman in Denmark played a high stakes game last week when she successfully convinced a bank to exchange bills worth two thousand "kronor" in Swedish Monopoly money for a quantity of real Danish money. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

The UK Government’s recent bailout of struggling financial giants Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB looks set to add between £1 trillion and £1.5 trillion to national debt, figures out today have revealed. picked by iamamaniac 9 months ago

I'm not entirely sure this hasn't been posted before. Inspired by this post. Watch your money go right down the drain! I'm not kidding! picked by mahler87 2 years ago

A Portuguese businessman said he cut off one of his fingers in court with a butcher's knife in an "act of despair" after a judge refused his offer to settle a 170,000 euro (152,500 pound) debt and said part of his farm must be sold. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

By the government’s own budget figures, the current national debt per family rests at an eye popping £65,000 but it’s set to rise to a bed wetting £94,000 by 2014. This sharply contradicts the claim by Alistair Darling who forecast in the budget that the deficit would reach £175bn this year, or 12.4% of GDP this year, falling to 11.9% in 2010. picked by iamamaniac 5 months ago

Most people consider it lucky to win the lottery -- but not Rosemary Obiakor.

The Nigerian woman won nearly $20,000 in a local lottery and immediately gave the money to a homeless man because she said she always heard that bad things happen to people who win.
Image courtesy of worth1000 picked by suebe 5 months ago

Africa is quickly becoming the world's leader in mobile phone technology. Not in terms of the actual phones, but from what you can do with them. Very interesting article talking about the new form of banking. picked by Ankabout 2 weeks ago

Money makes the world go around. It also makes for some truly amazing pictures. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Benedict says that "now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance." He urges those who build their lives "only on things that are visible, such as success, career, money" to keep that in mind. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago