Posts Tagged ‘money’
Time to break the law on behalf of Harriet Tubman
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a Yale graduate and former Goldman Sachs investment banker whose Daddy is also a Yale graduate and and former Goldman Sachs banker (Steve is clearly blazing his own trail in this world), indicated last week that the Treasury Department could abandon plans to replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of…
Read MoreHow much would you pay for one more hour in your day. Hint: There is a correct answer, and most Americans got it wrong.
A new survey says that more than half (58%) of Americans are willing to pay cash in exchange for one more hour in their day, and that the average amount that these people are willing to pay for that extra hour is $2,725. From the TIME piece: The fact that people are willing to shell…
Read MoreThe Moth: Call Me Dad
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The Bell House in Brooklyn in March of this year. The theme of the night was Money. I told a story about my stepfather’s attempt to get me to call him “Dad.” It was the first time in my storytelling career that…
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