Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Why Are We Talking about a $10 or $15 Minimum Wage? What About $33.65?

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The news has been full of reports lately about planned increases to the minimum wage by various large employers (and for those who haven...
Monday, March 23, 2015

When is That "Great Deal" Not So Great?

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I've written before (for example, here ) about the difficulty in buying ethically-sourced clothing. Most of us don't have our clothe...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Legal, Ethical: Not Synonyms

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The reason we have two different words -- "legal" and "ethical" -- is that they are not synonyms. We do of course hope t...
Friday, February 13, 2015

What If Transparency Isn't All It's Supposed to Be?

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Uh-oh. Anyone who's ever read even one of my posts knows my twin mantras of Trust and Transparency. So what do I do when Jesse Eisinge...
Monday, February 9, 2015

Could We Replace Payday Lenders with Post Office Banking?

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I've written before ( here ) about the special scumminess of payday lenders; today's New York Times  gives me a measure of hope that...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Want Some Primrose to Go With That Saw Palmetto?

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Are you taking St. John's Wort to stave off depression? Gingko Biloba as a memory booster? Saw palmetto for prostate health? Or other he...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Regulating versus Licensing

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If you've read even one of my posts, you've probably seen my twin mantra of Transparency and Trust. To Trust, borrowing from a lat...