New Orleans A little more than a year ago my friend Na Hyowoo asked me to come give a lecture on community organizing to some 25 or so students meeting at a community center in Seoul, Korea who were trying to handcraft a free, alternative university education. The students came from all walks of life, …
Category: Citizen Wealth
The Emerging Fight to Prevent Institutionalization of Substandard Health Insurance
New Orleans When is health insurance not health insurance? The answer should be simple. In the United States, at this point in time the answer should be that any health insurance offered by a private company that is both unaffordable, meaning that it costs more than 9.5% of someone’s annual income, and doesn’t provide basic …
Credit Card Act Shows a Win for Disclosures to Consumers
New Orleans I have to confess I have often been skeptical of programs claiming to protect consumers that trumpet transparency as a major feature of the reform. I can show the scars still from negotiations with predatory lenders and tax preparation companies, who would easily agree to full disclosure of their effective interest rates and …