New Orleans President Obama is on his farewell tour. Speaking to a young, university audience in London while trying to drum up some support for Britain to stay in the European Union, he offered what has to be seen as totally gratuitous advice to them – and of course all of the rest of us …
Month: April 2016
Payday Lending is a Huge Money Maker for Big Banks
New Orleans The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a recent report in the United States with the boring title “Online Payday Loan Payments,” but despite that, wake-up, this is important. The report is ostensibly directed at online payday lenders, and there’s nothing wrong with that; they need a hard look. Many of them have …
Magic Math Won’t Beat Money In-Hand on Airbnb Urban Battles
New Orleans Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Facebook, whatever, you pick what new phone app-driven techno billionaire wannabes, you worry about, and I’ll pick mine. Deep in your heart, you know Uber is taking advantage of its drivers and ripping everyone off on taxes and Social Security, but perhaps more deeply, the taxicab industry seemed be asking …