Good for the economy or not? Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington all bumped up their minimum wages.  In all of the states except one, Rhode Island, the pay hikes are part of automatic adjustments designed to keep up with the cost of living. While on the surface, especially […]

What might be more important is the Dairy Cliff Dateline Washington: Tuesday, 1 J anuary 2013, Zero Dark Thirty The masterminds in the Senate finally pass a measure regarding the fiscal cliff.  Of course it is to pull us up from the precipice not keep us from going over.  …they missed that one. According to […]

…who needs college anyway? In a New York Times, Economix article Catherine Rampell explains how Americans have been getting better at paying off their debt in the last year, with a glaring exception: student loans. The article continues to show that consumer debt fell again in the third quarter and seems that this figure has […]