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The ABCs of Finance Apps

(NewsUSA) | August 15, 2018 As back-to-school time sets in, personal finance becomes more complicated for many families. Some have students away from home for the first time, others have expenses for tuition, and of course the many purchases associated with the start of school: backpacks, lunch bags, clothes, books, dorm room furnishings, not to mention… Read More »

Can Your Local Bookie Survive Legal Sports Betting?

By Kevin Judge | August 12, 2018 Now that New Jersey has legalized sports betting, what will happen to your friendly neighborhood bookie? The so called “numbers rackets”, illegal lotteries , was once a cash cow for organized crime but were driven out of business by State lotteries. As government blessed sportsbook spreads across the… Read More »

The Economics of Arms Control: Reality is Not in Fashion

By Kevin Judge | August 11, 2018 Attempts to ban consumer products have inconsistent and often unsatisfactory results.  Bans can influence supply and demand by limiting availability and increasing costs, there may still be demand at the price of acquiring the item illegally.  Demand can be a hard thing to reduce and suppliers will emerge… Read More »

Economists are asked a question about a shortage

In the late 1970s, economists from around the world were visiting a South American nation for a conference. After one of the sessions, four of them  –  a Pole, a Soviet, a Texan, and a New Yorker  –  walked out together to get some lunch. An excited young newspaper reporter approached them, and tried to… Read More »

Military Families Get Relief in Roof for Troops

(NewsUSA) | August 3, 2018 It’s a good thing no one joins the armed forces to get rich, because it turns out a higher percentage of military families are in debt than civilians. And that has one New Jersey company ticked off enough to do something about it. According to a report by the Financial… Read More »