The main purposes for the financial systems of the world are to manage other people’s money and to provide money for entrepreneurs who want to innovate and provide products and services. Instead, today we have giant financial companies (too big to fail) whose main purpose seems to be to use complex algorithms to find weaknesses [...]

Starting at about the end of World War II in 1945, more and more people began to acquire things. Lower prices and easy availability put more and more products within reach of consumers. Technology generated more goodies, tools and toys for people to buy. But recent studies show that things do not provide the satisfaction [...]

Technology driven economic growth was fantastic in America in the early part of the 20th century, and the middle class was created and nurtured as a result. Steve talks about why today’s technology growth isn’t doing anything like that. Then, the Presidential campaign has been in high gear for nearly a year now, but we [...]

Doing a good job of assessing risk in financial choices, health decisions and in raising children can make life safer, easier and happier. But it’s harder than it looks. Steve interviews Greg Ip, author of Foolproof: Why Safety Can Be Dangerous and How Danger Makes Us Safe.