Most of us know that things are still pretty messed up, economically speaking. If we’re honest, really messed up. But is it really that hard to see why? The same thinking that got us into this global economic quagmire continues …
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Knowing Your Net Promoter Score Can Help Your Business
Few things are more important in business than customer opinions, as they help entrepreneurs shape strategies for product development, sales, marketing and customer service. One of the best gauges of customer opinion is the Net Promoter Score (NPS), which is based on a simple question: How likely are you to recommend <COMPANY> to a …
Every American Is Experiencing a Different Economy
You don’t have a real economic recovery until the majority of Americans are participating — and right now they aren’t
Proof That Workplace Financial Education Works
One-on-one financial counseling at the office leads to higher savings rates and other wise money choices, a new study shows. Other research in this area is conflicting. But employers are embracing the benefit.
Care About the Future? Then Lower Capital Taxes
Capital taxes are a disincentive to save, a disincentive to work and a disincentive to innovate.
LIBOR Rigging: What the Regulators Saw (but Didn’t Shut Down)
Why weren’t the first signs taken more seriously? Has there been a serious failure of regulation, or are there strong mitigating circumstances that could explain and justify the lack of resolute action?
Q&A with CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler
TIME interviews the chairman of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission about the implications of interest rate manipulation for American consumers and whether Dodd-Frank will really make us safer.
The Glorious End of Higher Education’s Monopoly on Credibility
In the past, the only way to get professional credibility was with a college degree. Now young people are using many different tools to gain a foothold in the business world.
How Barclays Loaded the LIBOR Dice
The LIBOR scandal unfolding across the Atlantic has huge ramifications for American consumers.
Why Gas Is Getting Cheaper – and Could Hit $3 a Gallon
Gasoline prices normally rise in late spring and stay high through the summer, but this year they appear likely to keep falling.
Libor Manipulation: The Markets’ Worst-Kept Secret?
As fresh details continue to emerge about the Libor fixing scandal that has already claimed the head of Bob Diamond, the American chief executive of British bank Barclays, everybody, it seems, is shocked – shocked! – to …
There’s One Upside For Unemployed Older Workers: Happiness
A recent study suggests that there’s at least one upside for the millions of beleaguered older Americans among the nation’s long-term unemployed: Unlike their working peers, retirement — officially calling it quits –actually …