Health care in the U.S. needs more than a gentle tweaking. It needs to be disrupted, updated, and reinvented to provide better care at a price that the individual and society as a whole can afford. When it comes to health care, we as consumers simply aren’t getting our money’s worth. Health care is crying out for innovation, and the …
“If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.
Suzuki is promising a summer or free gasoline for anyone who buys a new SX4. What the promotion amounts to is a gas debit card worth little under $300—not exactly a reason to buy a car you wouldn’t have normally purchased. But combined with up to $2,000 factory cash back, perhaps potential buyers on the fence will be nudged over into …
Who wants to be a computer programmer anyway? As noted earlier, the usual job training programs may be proving less than satisfactory. Perhaps it’s time to try something more, uh … artistic?
Just about everywhere you spend, there are simple ways to save. Here’s a roundup of stories with tips for spending wisely—and not getting taken for a sucker—at flea markets, the bank, the grocery store, and in your own home.
The stimulus package was supposed to get people working—in the short- and long-run alike. But based on unemployment figures released last week, the stimulus bill seems to be a lot less stimulating in the real world than it was when drawn up on paper. Has the money been poorly misspent? In terms of job training, that seems like the …
Here’s a top ten of recent stories that dwell upon how the economic downturn is affecting rich and poor, famous and obscure alike—a.k.a., recession porn. Because who isn’t fascinated with the impact of hard times lately?
“A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.”
Are you feeling stimulated? With the jobless rate approaching 10 percent, many observers are saying the stimulus bill isn’t working like it was advertised. As a WSJ editorial notes, all the stimulus money was supposed hold unemployment under 8 percent.
“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”
Here’s the scenario: People lose their jobs and health insurance. They don’t have money to pay for gym memberships. They hold off on medical care because they’re worried about the costs. They’re depressed, and eat more than they should. They also eat more fast food to fill up on the cheap. And the net result is that a lot of people have …
The WSJ’s Cranky Consumer shops for spectacles at Costco, Sears, online retailers, and a mom-and-pop glasses store. (Sidenote: Why are these stories always written with the plural “we,” yet there’s typically only one writer doing the testing? Were two people really trying on eyeglass frames at the same time?) The verdict? Online seems …
