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Laugh at ’em!

“For your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon — laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution — these can lift at a colossal humbug — push it a li…

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Skimming Savers

By New York Times

If you’re a retiree who relies on interest income, you know that the tap is running dry. In fact, many investors in certificates of deposits, savings accounts and money market acc…

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Money & Banking

I asked Franklin Sanders recently for his recommendation on a primer on money and banking. He recommended Modern Money Mechanics which was written a while back by the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank.

He…

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Smartdust

Smartdust is a hypothetical wireless network of tiny microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS), robots, or devices, that can detect (for example) light, temperature, or vibration.

A typical applic…