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August 2010 – Meeting Mom

by katemckeon on August 31, 2010 ·

in Blog,Date with Kate

This month’s Date with Kate was in New Orleans with Chris Ochs, a reader and friend from Denver, CO. Knowing my weakness for football and really, sporting events in general, Chris offered a trip to the Big Easy to watch the Saints take on the Chargers (San Diego for those not in the know). Turns [...]

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It’s all in the NUMBers – Insurance 101

by katemckeon on August 8, 2010 ·

in Basic Economics,Blog,Education Issues

Have you ever tried to figure out your health insurance benefits? What a confounding experience. I spent a little time today reviewing my coverage. As much as I’d like to claim it’s because I’m that organized, but really it’s just because my part time employer recently made benefits available to us. So, why not take [...]

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The Real Robin Hood

by katemckeon on August 2, 2010 ·

in Basic Economics,Education Issues,It's a Mess

Would the real Robin Hood please stand up? “If you don’t stop levying these evil taxes, I will lead the people of England in a revolt against you!” -Robin, Men in Tights, 1993 Mel Brooks made a mildly popular movie to skewer the story of Robin in 1993 – if you love puns, you will [...]

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Obama’s Fiscal Priorities are Skewed

by katemckeon on July 25, 2010 ·

in Basic Economics,Blog

Blinder’s Blinders lead to National Blunders, or Obama versus King Solomon . . . So here’s a question for you: Is it better to give 50,000 people $1 or give one employee a $50,000 job that allows him to contribute to a growing company? Increasing the tax burden on small employers to increase the unemployment [...]

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Laffer’s Laughing

by katemckeon on July 20, 2010 ·

in Education Issues

Arthur Laffer recently offered his thoughts on the Unemployment Benefits in the Wall Street Journal opinion pages…. What kept coming to mind is, how are we even having this conversation? And by conversation I mean, how can we look at the empirical evidence concerning unemployment benefits and still somehow draw the conclusion that extending them [...]

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Happy 4th of July!

by katemckeon on July 5, 2010 ·

in Blog,Factoids

The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday. There is no better birthday than to celebrate the continued life of what was conceived as a great experiment 234 years ago. We’ve come a long way in 234 years…. A quick refresher of the opening preamble of the Constitution of the United States: We the people [...]

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Frenchonomics

by katemckeon on June 27, 2010 ·

in Basic Economics,Blog

I can’t even make this up . . . Students in France are protesting again. A few years ago they protested AGAINST lowering the bar for employers to be able to hire students. Employers wanted to be able to pay less experienced people a lower rate. The minimum benefits an employer has to set aside [...]

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Cost of Education

by katemckeon on May 31, 2010 ·

in Education Issues

Friday night my little sisters graduated from high school. Come Fall they are off to college. What better time to reflect on the changing values of a college education. Does it make sense to go to the best school you get into? Is it worth $100k, $200k in debt? It seems to depend on what [...]

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Can you win in Teal?

by katemckeon on May 25, 2010 ·

in Blog,Sports Stat of the Week

So it is official. The Philly Flyers will play the Chicago Blackhawks for the Stanley Cup. Montreal, the third “Original Six” in the conference finals was axed by the Flyers tonight. Wow. Montreal has a losing streak a mile long (last won the cup in 1986, quarter century itch?). . . but guess who’s streak [...]

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Start at the Beginning

by katemckeon on May 17, 2010 ·

in Blog

As students struggle to determine how to invest their time wisely, one question dominates the conversation. Do I make incremental improvement or do I start from the beginning? In proper CYA fashion, it depends . . . But what it depends upon may surprise you.

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