Archive for the ‘Money’ Category

The Shock Doctrine of the Economic Crisis

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Money, Politics, Videos | Oct 16, 2008 | Tags: crisis, debt, economic crisis, economy, finance, finances, naomi klein, problem-reaction-solution, shock doctrine, stock market, stock market crash, wall street | No Comments

Naomi Klein explains how the Shock Doctrine is being played out in the current economic crisis. Disaster capitalism has come home to America. Don’t buy into the fear, this too shall pass. It’s a good time to remember to follow common sense and fight the impulse to react emotionally. When you consume news remember that ...Read more.

How Much Do Financial Experts Really Know?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Marketing, Money, Videos | Oct 15, 2008 | Tags: bear stearns, current events, debt, economic crisis, economy, financial crisis, george parr, hedge funds, mortgage debt, news, subprime mortgages | No Comments

Why are we listening to financial “experts”? Have you noticed that all of the so-called experts on television and in print are the same people who did not notice or warn anyone about the current financial situation? So what gives them the expertise to now give out advice on how to repair it? Before you ...Read more.

Maxed Out Movie Explains How Credit Card Companies Operate

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Consumerism, Money, Movies, Videos | Oct 11, 2008 | Tags: 60 minutes, bailout, credit, credit card meltdown, credit cards, credit meltdown, current events, dave ramsey, debt, debt management, debt recovery, economic crisis, economy, film, finance, financial crisis, financial peace, movie, payday loans, predatory lending, total money makeover | No Comments

It’s already being prophesized that the next financial meltdown wave will be focused on credit card debt. The abuse of credit cards by both lenders and borrowers has been well documented for awhile. Since most of the population blindly racks up credit card debt with little awareness around the pitfalls of being on the giving ...Read more.

The Secret of How to Get Rich Quick! …Really

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Consumerism, Marketing, Money, Psychology, Videos | Oct 10, 2008 | Tags: byron katie, cons, gabe and max's internet thing, get rich quick, infomercial, internet marketing, Money, personal development, scams, scheme, self help, shelf help, the secret, tony robbins | No Comments

The secret to getting rich quick is to not spend your hard earned money and valuable time on schemes that experts are selling you to teach you how to get rich quick. The truth is that if they were rich from their actions they wouldn’t be wasting their time on stages and teleseminars pitching you ...Read more.

Our “Unpredictable” Economic Crisis Was Predicted 12 Years Ago

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Money, Politics, Spin, Videos | Oct 8, 2008 | Tags: bailout, bank crisis, banking, current events, economic crisis, financial crisis, fooled by randomness, greed, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, news, the black swan, wall street | 1 Comment

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the #1 NYT Best Selling author of Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets and The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, predicted the current banking crisis 12 years ago. As a trader for 18 years, and an intelligent critical thinker his entire ...Read more.