Freakonomics: Payback Time
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A quiet exchange of funds lets a family buy a new house and helps the seller get a good price. So why is it illegal?
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Investing: Cruising to Disaster
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For years many spent freely. Now comes the big payback.
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Today Jonathan Moore  and I headed over to LinuxWorld after lunch to see what kind of cool hardware and Linux hacks they had on the expo floor.  Only $15 to get in the door so I figure why not.  I'm a bit of a privacy freak.  When you're trading some security for liberty there are situations where it *might* be worth it.  In situations of extreme violence having the police by your side might be a good idea.    I think we can all agree that trading liberty for *nothing* isn't worth it. This country was *founded* on liberty after the British were abusing their colonial powers.  Every true American should cherish their liberty and think long and hard about just turning them over for no reason.  ...
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A twist on tax-loss selling keeps you in the game.
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Who needs another video game? Teach kids how to watch their money grow.
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Tough financial times call for tough decisions ... or maybe just an extra drink or two.
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Got winners? Got losers? Now's the time to consider matching them up to save a tax dollar or two.
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Sometimes, it pays to be a looky-loo.
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A little help from your Foolish friends on how to calculate a company's value.
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Do you want better returns? Philip Durell shows you how to get them.
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New economy bigwig pays off a crusty old foe.
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Take a few minutes to really understand value -- then profit for the rest of your life.
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Deconstructing a pretty good joke, and the investment lesson held within.
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Following up on yesterday's piece about Demo-like conferences. Eric Norlin proposes that the economics are still out of whack. The people providing the value, the people attending the show, should get in for free. The demoers should pay. He has a point. In my HyperCamp proposal, that is how it works. The premise is that in 2007 everyone who attends is as much press as anyone else (everyone's a blogger) so what's the justification for some people getting in as press (i.e. free of charge) and others paying $2500.
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Be careful when presented with methods that claim to time the market.
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he evidence is increasing that revenge in fact brings pleasure. In the latest study, players who were unfairly treated in a game involving money, trust and cooperation got a measurable kick out of punishing their partners.