Category Archives: PROSPERITY ECONOMICS

Financial Flexibility: Saving Too Much in All the Wrong Places?

“More than 25% of Americans are dipping into 401(k) retirement accounts to pay for bills.” ~The Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2013 More people are raiding their 401(k)s than ever before, but not for retirement. According to CNBC’s report of … Continue reading

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Money & Life Review: A Film about Money that Aims to Change Your Life

Guest post by Kate Phillips “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” -Abert Einstein Money is one of the most powerful forces in our lives, both in our psyches and … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurs by Necessity: Businesses are the New Jobs

“In case you didn’t get the memo; jobs are dead.” -Kate Phillips, “Why Entrepreneurs Rule the World” Can’t find a job? The solution that many have found to the woes of the economy is to start their own business. “The Great Recession … Continue reading

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How Safe is Your Money? FDIC Insurance and Fractional Reserve Banking

“You’re thinking of this place all wrong… as if I had the money back in a safe. The money’s not here. Your money’s in Joe’s house…right next to yours. And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Macklin’s house, and a … Continue reading

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Saving Right: Is Your Emergency Fund Prepared for Opportunities?

“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” -Benjamin Disraeli The Best Way to Save Money Only three years before the Great Depression started with the stock market crash … Continue reading

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Passive Income: Why Cash FLOW is King (even if you’re not retiring)

“Happiness is positive cash flow.” -Fred Adler, venture capitalist. From a financial perspective, the goal of retirement planning is providing passive income. Passive income is income that is not derived from one’s labor, though there may have been plenty of … Continue reading

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New Book Announcement – We’re Busting the Financial Planning Lies!

“I am telling you a lie, in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over, until it becomes true.” – Lady Gaga Which of the following statements have been repeated again and again until they are … Continue reading

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