Broke is Beautiful

My net worth is defined by my debt. I have $45,000 in student loan debt, $10,000 in medical debt and $5,000 in back taxes from contractin...

Franklin Evening Star, 1925

Two tweets came up nearly back to back in my world news list today. The first from England: The rich get richer in UK index of the wealthi...

Thought provoking post over at Scatterplot today on "the increasing penalty for not going to college." It argues that we are fram...

Recently, John Oliver tackled the payday loan industry on Last Week Tonight. It is often assumed that people in financial distress turn to...

Salon today has an in-depth article about the under representation of the working class in government. If millionaires were a political ...

Here is a Kickstarter project that looks like it is worth backing:

There is an interesting, but a bit heavy and academic, article on Alternative Economics today.  Under the current system, the author argues...

One participant mentioned that when we give to the poor, we should ask their forgiveness. It is the poor and marginalized who have been f...

Given this fact, it is naive and inappropriate to try to convert everyone to “green living.” We can’t ask struggling communities to chang...

The Australian publication The Age recently ran an article that says that investing in mental health for staff pays off, not because it mean...

Chase is rolling out new ATMs that dispense $1 and $5 bills. The option to get exact change will be a plus for customers -- including t...

From Truthout today comes another example of  moral arguement reduced to a market place equation.  Why is it a bad idea to saddle the next ...

So in the for-profit sector, the more value you produce, the more money you can make. But we don't like nonprofits to use money to i...

The Supreme Court, having already ruled that corporations are "people," is now set to hear a case that will decide if these corp...

From an article in today's Metro Times . According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, the economy does not exist to support...

Thank you to Susan Tompor of the Detroit Free Press for inviting me to share my thoughts for her story on how to avoid overspending at ...

" Cable thief dies due to electric shock " was a headline posted today in the Facebook feed of one of my friends. The pleasure ...

"I was surprised to learn something new on almost every page. I wish this book had been available decades ago!"-Fran Byram, Port...

"Students will enjoy Lee's concise, conversational style and the quirky relationship she identifies between humans and the forces...

“These are the maddening moments in life and they’re cataloged hilariously in Lee’s book… Her specialty is simplifying academic jargon and...

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be featuring some of the titles in my back catalog. The book that was, by far, the most fun to write...

I tried to do this but I didn't have success. My proportions (pot sizes and base size) must have been off. The votive kept going out....

Consumption is what we do, and, no matter how often it is demonstrated to be unsatisfying, we go on believing in it. No American Administr...

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy On yesterday's "Meet the Press" David Gregory...

An article in the Utne Reader today made me pause and think about the expression "developing nation."  It is an expression we (by ...

The Real World Economics Review today asks how we can develop a vocabulary to discuss "public goods." Follow the link to read the...

The report is based on in-depth interviews with debt counsellors/advisors from the community and voluntary sector, debt clients, employees a...

"...it's wrong to think of economics as money. The actual word itself actually revolves around meeting one's needs. Money is on...

My book Don't Screw It Up was featured on The Today Show today.