Fight Over Money? I'll Take a Piece of Slightly Rotted Cow

I was watching a show on the Travel Channel and laughed when I heard that the African tribesman on TV thought cheese was disgusting and couldn't understand why Americans would want to eat spoiled milk. Likewise, I'm pretty sure American viewers like me were baffled to learn that while the tribesman thought cheese was disgusting he thought eating the fresh blood clot of a cow was perfectly normal. What makes me wonder what is normal anyways? I guess it just depends on what you're used to and what your perspective is. I believe the same holds true for money.

Stock Market Booms Are Not A Good Thing: Yin Yang Economics Part 7

You know what I don't get?   Why do economists and all the talking heads on TV say stuff like the economy is recovering or is booming because this financial number or that number is doing well, but yet when you walk around and actually look at US cities and neighborhoods, people are still homeless and jobless and there isn't anything US made on store shelves anymore?

The Fallacy of Higher Education: Yin Yang Economics Part 6

It used to be that getting a college degree was that of a privileged few, but nowadays a college degree is a dime a dozen and doesn't mean much anymore to potential employers.   In this tough economy, it's becoming more about who you know that gets you the job not your degree.  Networking has always been very important in landing a job, but now this is true more than ever before.  I would say even more important than a degree from Harvard in some cases.  How did I arrive at this conclusion?