The trouble with barter, Jevons said, was that it required a “double coincidence” of wants.
Jacob Goldstein in Money
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Money as You Grow
Age-appropriate financial lessons for kids. “Families can use Money as You Grow to start a dialogue about money and teach kids important lessons about saving, making choices, and avoiding debt.”
Me, My Money, and My Devices
A solid introduction to the mobile wallet and mobile payments as it is already used in the world.
Money
Wow. “A chart of almsot all of it, where it is, and what it can do”
Warren Buffett on Tax Breaks
for those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in 2009 — I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of course, dividends and capital gains. And for those who make $10 million or more — there were 8,274 in 2009 — I would suggest an additional increase in rate.
My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.
Warren E. Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
His full editorial, Stop Coddling the Super-Rich, is an excellent breakdown of the current state of tax breaks for the ultra-rich.
Accessorizing Your Eyeballs
Matt Haughey provides a very interesting write up on ordering glasses online instead of at the local optometrist / giant chain store in his article Adventures in $40 eyeglasses. I love the idea of having more than one pair of glasses from which to choose each morning, while paying significantly less than I would for a single pair from my optometrist.
Now, I’m more than happy to pay for a good optometrist, but frames and lenses are commodities in all but the rarest instances, and those instances are out of my spending range. Plus, I really don’t like having a designer’s signature scrawled on my clothing, much less my glasses, so selling me on the brand doesn’t work. That said, I spent more on my current set of glasses than I ever had previously because they really feel right, but they aren’t practical to wear some days. Having a second set of glasses would be nice to have around when I know that I will be more active during the day. Hell, just the ability to get an inexpensive pair or two of prescription sunglasses would encourage me to leave my contacts in their solution in order to wear my glasses.
Matt also posted a link to Glassy Eyes, a blog about ordering glasses online – sounds dull, but it’s very useful. I’ll post back when I take the plunge.