Keep Your Cool When Getting Feedback

Submitted by Adam Taggart of Peak Prosperity blog, On a long solo car trip last week, I listened to several podcasts to pass the time. One was a classic: The Invention of Money, originally released by NPR's Planet Money team back in January of 2011. I highly recommend listening (or re-listening) to it in full.

Aaron Katsman submits: With global warming mania sweeping the globe, much attention has been focused on alternative energy sources.

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By James Kwak I don’t expect to get a holiday card from Tim Geithner this winter. Nor do I expect one from Larry Summers. Or even Michael Barr, despite everything I’ve written in favor of consumer protection. (I probably will get one from Barack Obama, since I donated money to his campaign.) But they might want to consider putting me on their lists.

The White House is hinting -- and by hinting, I mean saying -- that recent comments from Republicans are beginning to

THE first time someone said to me that serious concern about the future of Social Security was over-blown, right-wing-hype and that fixing it could be put off several decades I was speechless. Now I just feel sad to be hearing it more. The state of Social Security is a problem worthy of our attention. There are several relatively simple solutions. The sooner America takes action the cheaper a fix will be.

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Dobromir Stoyanov submits:With the market getting overextended for several months now, and my unwillingness to chase many dividends stocks, it is time to reflect on whether I am doing the right thing or not.