Elusive Wealth

If you’re like me, you’ve been conditioned to be at least a little suspicious when you’re approached by a salesperson in a retail store.  You KNOW they’re going to try to sell you something.  However, you may not always understand what it is they are trying to sell! In a Target, Wal-Mart or Macy’s, you’ve [...]

Recently on Consumerism Commentary, Flexo posted about the upcoming discontinuation of Microsoft Money.  First and foremost, this was a great post and important information for consumers of either Money, Quicken, or one of the similar on-line options. Unfortunately on the desktop, Quicken will no longer have significant competition (unless you like the free alternative, GNUCash). [...]

This is my second “Voting with Dollars” post. The first post covered Banking.  When it comes to money and specifically in a capitalist or moderately capitalist society, our actions speak volumes. For instance, we want better service when banking and higher interest rates from our banks, but the vast majority of people continue to use [...]

I am a firm believer in voting with your money versus having Congress enact laws to protect us. I admit that voting with dollars is not always enough, but it can be very effective. For our own economic health as a country, I do believe that letting the market drive products is the way to [...]