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Unless you live under a rock, you already know that Kim Kardashian married some athlete. You also probably secretly looked for pictures of the spectacle. But there are few to be found. That’s because Kim Kardashian is a genius. She sold the exclusive rights to her wedding photos for a whopping $1.5 million. While her [...]
Internet attention is fleeting, but delicious. The College Investor, a personal finance blog aimed at us young folks and one that helped me finally get the nerve to invest, has graciously cross-posted How to Lose Gen Y Investors and Alienate People and our petition CorporateFAIL: I won’t invest until there are more women on your [...]
There is absolutely nothing I love more than a good deal. So when the stock market tumbled on Monday, I went bargain hunting for stocks. I was underwhelmed and I’ll tell you why…
The Swedish tax system fosters the feeling among all groups that taxes are universally beneficial. Taxes are not charity. Taxes are for the benefit of all, including the rich.
Should I Work for Free?
by Astri von Arbin Ahlander
on January 13, 2011
· No Comments
· in Careers, Freelancing, Gen Y, Money
Should you work for free? A fun online tool.
Oh dear. As much as I’m personally not into the idea of being a stay-at-home-mom as a career choice–at least not until men can do so without eyebrows raising–this is going a little far. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Credit Card Act signed into law last year, which was supposed to protect consumers from some [...]
We all want parental leave legislation, but fear saying so
by Astri von Arbin Ahlander
on June 14, 2010
· 3 Comments
· in Gender (In)equality, Money, Parenting
As long as there is no order from above, such as federally mandated equal parental leave, there is little chance that these young men will do what they actually want to do– and what I would argue would be good for both them and their families. Perhaps, as Surowiecki writes, “we need to save ourselves from ourselves.”
When writing about work and life as a twenty-something just grappling with both concepts, it can be wonderfully informative, inspiring, and anxiety-diffusing to read how successful professionals were once in the same unstable boat. And so, a friend and I have started a new blog that interviews prominent artists about about the years before: before [...]
The trend toward better educated and financially secure women is kind of like news of Obama’s Nobel Peace prize. It’s great, but we’re going to find ways to complain about it anyway.
The recession is everywhere: it’s on the front page of every newspaper, it’s the lead story on NPR, it’s alluded to in just about every advertisement (apparently, everything from cheese to diamonds is an “affordable luxury”). The recession has replaced weather as the go-to for small talk. I take as much of the commentary in [...]
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