Wheaties bookmarks for March 5th through March 7th
Good reading for March 5th through March 7th:
- Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More - New York Times - Another excellent one from the Times. Transparency leads to efficiency!
- Payday loans under fire, despite changes - Yahoo! News - More on payday loans - I’m glad to see this story getting so much play.
- Without Health Benefits, a Good Life Turns Fragile - New York Times - Another one from the New York Times, talking about how a health problem can cause severe financial distress.
- A Mortgage Crisis Begins to Spiral, and the Casualties Mount - New York Times - The news about mortgage troubles continues to build.
- In debt up to our eyeballs - Upcoming documentary about debt and its effect on consumers.
March 8th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
I saw ‘Maxed Out’, the documentary about debt, at the seattle film fest this year. It was quite good. The callousness of some debt collectors and lenders was shocking whereas interviews with those ‘in over their head’ were really heartbreaking. The movie definitely pulls at the heartstrings but also does a great job pointing out how widespread these issues are.