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Monopoly and Capitalism
“What kind of society isn’t structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system” — Milton Friedman James Poniewozik recently wrote about the Game of Monopoly in Time magazine. He writes, “If you want…
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Tall vs. Short: The Debate over Earning Potential
“All limitations are self-imposed.” — Ernest Holmes Mark Borden of The New Yorker recently reported in an article called Shortchanged that there is a connection between height and money earned.
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Buying Self Esteem
“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.” – Kin Hubbard In an effort to provide a little more testosterone at Queercents, here’s a guest post from Rich Taylor. Rich is an executive at a global financial services firm, in charge of the corporation’s education division. He…
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Book Review: Your First Million by Lynnette Khalfani
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” — John Foster Dulles When the complimentary review copy of Lynnette Khalfani’s latest book “The Money Coach’s Guide to Your First Million” arrived on my doorstep, I didn’t want…
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Ten Money Questions for Helen Boyd
Helen Boyd is a writer best known for her study of gender and probably would agree that money spends the same whether it is carried in a purse or wallet. She is the author of the book, My Husband Betty and speaks at many trans conferences. She lives with Betty and their three cats in…
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Fighting Identity Theft — Shred Everything
“Know thyself.” ” Inscription at the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece My sister visited from Ohio last weekend and as usual we sat around dissecting quirks about our family. One that usually gets discussed is how we all became obsessed with our paper shredders. Of course, it’s our mother’s fault.
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Straight Partnerships: Saying No to Marriage
About a year ago, I started reading an anonymous family finance blog called Tired but happy. At first, I thought it was written by a gay woman because she referred to her significant other using the word partner. I’m always wrong when I jump to conclusions. Over time, I learned that her partner was a…
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Advocate Readers — Please Start Here
We welcome readers introduced to Queercents through the most recent issue of the Advocate magazine. This site is a money blog written by a group of contributing writers with diverse views about finances.
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In Vitro Fertilization: Lesbians Buy a Family
“The family is one of nature’s masterpieces.” — George Santayana So it all started last week with a payment of $7,300. They make you pay upfront. No refund for any reason. What am I talking about? Jeanine and I are taking the plunge and doing In Vitro Fertilization. The other methods haven’t work so we…
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Ten Money Questions for Shuna Fish Lydon
Shuna Fish Lydon is a Bay Area pastry chef and food blogger at a site appropriately labeled Eggbeater. Shuna’s resume includes such venerable establishments as Gramercy Tavern, The French Laundry, and Citizen Cake. I asked Shuna to get personal about the economics of food, working in restaurants and how money plays a role. Shuna whipped…
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