Tagged financial culture

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Our United States of Indebtedness

The conventional wisdom says that the United States is more divided than ever. At least, that’s according to network number crunchers and political pundits armed with snazzy, interactive maps. They tell the perennially sad story of the United States’ deep divisions in distinct juxtapositions of red and blue. But the simple, mathematical fact is that…

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The Investment Vampires

Vampires know a good thing when they see it. Or taste it. The lore on mythic bloodsuckers often has vampires nursing a live subject, drawing blood over and over again without killing the victim. It’s symbiotic…or, more precisely, parasitic. Sounds like an investment banker. See, it’s kinda funny (funny strange, not ha-ha) to think about…