April 16, 2010
More Than Money
Published in 1888, Bellamy’s book about achieving a utopian society was a huge best seller in its time. “Perhaps you would like to see what our...
March 29, 2010
Innovating Through Recession: How Bold Ideas Thrive in a Down...
Moments of economic turbulence provide the unique opportunity to start new businesses, launch disruptive new products and strengthen customer loyalty — often at a discount. During these challenging times, here...
March 29, 2010
Seven Ways to Innovate Through A Recession
Moments of economic turbulence provide the unique opportunity to start new businesses, launch disruptive new products and strengthen customer loyalty — often at a discount. During these challenging times, here...
December 07, 2009
What You Should Know about the Debit Card in Your...
Bank debit cards may look like credit cards, but they certainly do not act like them when it comes to account overdrafts. This does not suggest that credit cards are...
December 03, 2009
Should We Ban Credit Cards? The Radical Policies Advocated by...
In the previous two entries in this series I introduced you to the field of behavioral economics and then described some of the empirical work and insights from this new...
November 07, 2009
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the Hazards of Regulatory...
The United States is in the midst of an important debate about how best to protect consumers of financial services and products. The Administration has proposed the creation of a...
November 07, 2009
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency: Sorting the Critiques
Summary The proposal to create a new agency to police consumer financial products has been the subject of much debate Dr. Bar-Gill sorts out and evaluates the different critiques levied...
November 07, 2009
The Good, the Bad and the Doubtful in Credit Card...
You can’t get a good understanding of the true impact of the cards legislation without a broader look at the historical context. What we have seen in the industry...
September 18, 2009
Is the Free Content Model Dead?
There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday by Martin Peers, Media Floats Ideas After the Flood. It suggests that the economic crisis has made media properties...