I’m not really one for anniversary stories — they tend to be pretty artificial news hooks. But one year after what many think is the most significant hack of U.S. consumer data in history, it’s certainly worth taking stock of what’s happened since. For starters, Equifax has increased the amount [Keep reading]
Mark Zuckerberg never set out to be the world’s editor in chief, but here we are. And sorry Mark, you are a terrible front page editor. Hearings in Congress today dug into the weeds of why Americans feel like social media is letting them down — it was a ready-made [Keep reading]
It was boiling hot at the Capitol building on Friday, where John McCain lies in state. Well before the event was open to the public, citizens lined up. It was refreshing and inspiring to see the mix of people who were there. A couple behind me flew up from Florida [Keep reading]
It’s Labor Day, and America is facing a labor crisis that no one is talking about. It’s simple: There isn’t much labor to do; Many of the jobs people do have are bullshit jobs; Because of this, the most common way to get ahead in America right now is to [Keep reading]
The federal official in charge of handling complaints against the student loan industry resigned in fury on Monday, leveling a series of accusations against his agency — including suppression of a report showing lenders were ripping off college students with “legally dubious account fees.” The step was not a surprise. Seth [Keep reading]
How is the economy doing? Sounds like a simple question; it’s not. Many of the proxies we tend to use as a gauge — say, the Dow Jones industrial average, or GDP, or the top-line unemployment rate or the national debt — are nearly meaningless, or even misleading. At a [Keep reading]
It was another good run. Five years and 441 stories. But, like all things, it couldn’t last forever. Credit.com recently posted my last story. I’m sad about it. A new FCC ruling on robocalls. Months of work diving deep into the brutal world of debt collection. Countless financial advise columns that [Keep reading]
The most patriotic thing every American can do right now is avoid clicking on any links in emails. Ever. Log in to websites the old-fashioned way, by typing the URL in the web address field at the top of your screen. (Or copying and pasting a link you want [Keep reading]
Oklahoma City finds its way onto lots of “most affordable” lists — it was the 7th-cheapest large city in American for rentals last year, for example, when one bedroom apartments averaged $631. There’s plenty of reasons why. An important one: It’s in Oklahoma. And people think Oklahoma is hot, and [Keep reading]
End on a high note! Hit your last shot before leaving the basketball court. Make sure you say good-bye when you leave. And yes, all’s well that ends well. In my continuing series for PeopleScience.com on cognitive biases, I recently took on the Peak-End rule. It’s a simple concept that [Keep reading]
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