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Thank-You Tea Party for our Damaged Retirement Accounts

Mr. ToughMoneyLove is as fiscally conservative as most but I am also pragmatic. The same can’t be said for our tea party members of Congress who robotically activated their “no new revenues” autopilot....

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Do Bored Economics Professors Deserve Tenure?

The U.S. has too many unprepared and unmotivated students attending too many lousy colleges. (I use the word “students”  loosely because being a student implies that there is actual “studying”...

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Is Consumer Stupidity Incurable?

I saw this headline and had to comment: Banks continue to rake in huge amounts in overdraft fees. Wait – it gets worse when you read the specifics: Banks and credit unions received $30.8 billion in...

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Black Friday Sanity v. Consumer Craziness

An entire mini-industry has been constructed around Black Friday, our newest national holiday. Much more is written about Black Friday deals, leaks, strategies, and other craziness than is written...

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Police Repel Moronic Sneaker Buyers

It is hard to decide which is more stupid – paying north of $200 for sneakers or rioting to be the first in line to do so. Is there much hope for an economy that continues to be based on wanton...

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The Sad Decline in Personal Net Worth

The Federal Reserve does at least one thing well: Finding economic bad news and sharing it with us. This week’s bad news is about personal net worth. As you probably guessed, it’s down – way down....

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Transforming a Mortgage Deadbeat is Harder than You Think

I have “mortgage modification” fatigue. More specifically, I am tired of reading about government attempts to magically transform a mortgage non-payer into a responsible credit user.  The basis for my...

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