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Carbon Tax Part II

Posted on Oct 27th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

Ok as promised here is part two of the Christian Science Monitor's articles on Carbon Tax and Global Warming. Conservative and liberal economists like it. James Connaughton, President Bush's top environmental adviser, backs it. Al... More »

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The Price of Any Departure Will Be at Least $159 Million

Posted on Oct 27th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

I took this headline from the NY Times.  It was describing how, after presiding on one of the worse losses ever experienced on Wall, Street Meryl Lynch CEO E. Stanley O'Neal will have to be... More »

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Why money doesn't buy happiness

Posted on Oct 19th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

Newsweek has an interesting article this week about money and happiness that included the following paragraphs : In a typical survey people are asked to rank their sense of well-being or happiness on a scale... More »

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Spanish "treasure"

Posted on Oct 17th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

I have been following with some amusement the legal (now maritime) tussle between the Spanish government and Odyssey Marine Exploration from Tampa.  Basically Odessey found an sunken Spainish "treasure" ship with actual treasure - to... More »

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We vote with our money every day.

Posted on Oct 4th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

Most of my friends are passionate about the world around them and making a difference but they will not vote! Politics is a messy, slow, butt kissing big business pain in the _______ but it... More »

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Capitalism and Greed

Posted on Sep 29th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

Today was another interesting day, found out that the Feds shut down my bank due to a high volume of defaulting mortgage loans - the bank did not have sufficient funds to cover these loans.... More »

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Capitalism and Freedom

Posted on Sep 25th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

I remember a book by that title growing up, I need to go back and figure it out. Are we really free through capitalism? Or maybe the issue is not capitalism but rather ourselves. We... More »

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have we all lost our minds :)

Posted on Sep 20th, 2007 by Joy Cassell : Spiritual Seeker Joy Cassell

OK maybe not. I was asked by an acquaintance about ethical investing (in my other career I was in finance) I give him options.  Another acquaintance overheard the conversation and complained about the return -... More »

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