Oh Look, New Unemployment Figures Are Out
by Mike Dang OK, it’s decided, I won’t write about it RT @JustinWolfers: This surely qualifies as the most boring payrolls report in human history. — felix salmon (@felixsalmon) July 6, 2012 Where, by...
View ArticleThe Rolling Jubilee Kicks Off
by Mike Dang Last night’s Rolling Jubilee fundraising event was a success, raising enough money to abolish about $5.5 million worth of debt. (I threw $10 into the Jubilee hat, or enough to forgive...
View ArticleSetting the Record Straight: Yaffa Fredrick on the NYT Column About Her...
by Mike Dang Ginia Bellafante’s most recent column in The New York Times examined a segment of 20-somethings in New York City who spend way too much money on food. Felix Salmon criticized the column...
View ArticleBanking Customer Service
by Mike Dang “The moral of this story is clear: if you want good customer service, use a small bank.” Felix Salmon had a really difficult time requesting a simple document from Citibank and wrote a...
View ArticleHere is Your Open Thread
by Mike Dang I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that America’s system of jurisprudence simply isn’t up to the task of holding banks and bankers accountable for their actions. The only people...
View ArticleWe Have Enough Wine! Drink Up
by Mike Dang All this week, I’ve been reading about how we’re on a brink of a global wine shortage, which was based on a report by Morgan Stanley Research and quickly made headlines (“Drink It While...
View ArticleRobots and Money
by Mike Dang I am a person who thinks a lot about what I should be doing with my money (i.e. how much of it should be going into retirement, or to help my parents, or to all the fun things I want to...
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