Monthly Archives: April 2011

Paying A High Price for the Food We Eat

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photo credit: annethelibrarian According to Homi Kharas, senior fellow for the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution, when a U.S. consumer buys a box of cereal or a cup of Starbucks coffee, she is mostly paying for … Continue reading

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What’s Your Source?

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photo credit: mira66 In addition to the stuff I post here, I do some free-lance writing on health topics (being paid actual, real live money for what you write is very nice!). Recently I completed an article in which I … Continue reading

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Quick Hits on Retirement, Silver and Stuff

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Looks like there is some new “news” afloat about that grand destination called retirement that may not be that grand after all, depending on your perspective.  Who wants to be a veg? See one and the other both by Jonathan Chevreau and … Continue reading

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