• Business

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    on November 20th, 2008

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    The Financial Crisis Illustrated Graphically

    For anyone who is still unclear why we are in a financial crisis, the Mint has created an excellent visual guide to the crisis. It’s a nice little… er… long flow chart that does a good job of trying to untangle the web that has lead to government bailouts, crashing stock markets, company failures, and [...]

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  • Politics

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    on November 13th, 2008

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    National Debt in Perspective

    In these times of bailouts and economic woes, a money management site has put the national debt into terms the avarage family can understand. As the article states, “Mortgages aside,  43% of US households spend more than they earn in a year”. This is a scary stat in and of itself. However, the US government [...]

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