Chicago bonds… junk. Illinois bonds… the nation’s worst. And bonds for Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the state’s largest school district and America’s fourth largest… well, cue up the cries of “Won’t somebody please think of the children?!?” It’s not mid-‘1970s bankrupt … Continue reading School of Hard Knocks
Interesting piece from this weekend’s On The Media that covered the breathless media coverage of last week’s stock market volatility. Well-known financial journalist Felix Salmon gives a rather curious take on what he believes is the media’s fascination with (and, according to him, their overemphasis/misread of) the Dow Jones as a barometer of economic health. In fact – and more than a few financial analysts and business journalists undoubtedly agree with him – he believes stock indexes on the whole are inaccurate indicators, although he does give slight credit to the S&P 500 as a more representative measure of American economic … Continue reading On the Media Report: Stock Market Volatility
Back in January, I wrote a piece about Bitcoin for The Atlantic’s online business section, which, to my surprise, generated a fair amount of buzz on the story’s comment section, as well as on Twitter and Reddit. My own Twitter account, small as it as (ahem, follow me!), gained me a few Bitcoin enthusiasts as followers, reinforcing that I actually needed to make use of my own handle for my journalism endeavors, which had ground to a halt for a time. Anyway, the crux of the piece debated the potential pros and cons of the cryptocurrency being utilized by more African-Americans. Make no mistake, the economic realities of Greeks … Continue reading Greeks, Blacks and Bitcoins
“And you get a degree, and you get a degree…” That’s what I’ve been thinking about the founder of Boxed, Chieh Huang, who will be paying for the college educations of his employees kids. The money will be coming out of … Continue reading Chieh Huang – The Oprah of College Education?
…No, I’m not doing a Tiger Woods “Hello World” thing to announce my arrival on the blogosphere. But I will use this as an excuse/opportunity to finally post on WordPress, if only to finally post something. Will be back at you all shortly… Continue reading I am here…
Kyle Coward 