What Jack White Can Teach Us About Economics

Ravi Nagarajan submits:In a more perfect world, no high school student would be permitted to graduate without understanding the basics of personal finance. Required material would include elementary topics such as balancing a checkbook, creating and monitoring a budget, and above all else, the power (and peril) of compound interest. Part of achieving basic financial literacy should also include a working understanding of accounting and financial statements.

There?s a lot of talk now about rock stars getting ready for 2013: they can sue to terminate their longstanding deals with their record companies for recordings made after 1978. I am told that Billy Joel is considering it, and Bruce Springsteen will likely jump in that game. Getting back ?masters? of recordings frees recording ...

From Charles Gave of GaveKal.com A Recantation