The Question Is, What Is A Dollar Worth To You

No really what is the value of a dollar.

Money: The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of

Doree Shafrir has written a really well done and somewhat terrifying piece about night terrors. She describes some her own night terrors—times that, while sleeping, she was sure her dream was reality: • “They are monitoring my breathing. If I don’t hold my breath and stay completely still, I am going to die. I am not allowed to move at all, or they will know, and they will kill me.”

How to Make It (“Make It”) as a Writer

I wrote a thing for another site and got paid for it.

Show Me The Money (JK, Don’t, It’s Scary)

Having money is scary. Not having money is scary. Thinking about money is scary. Spending money, the scariest.

A Thread That Is Open

Creative Mornings is a monthly lecture series started by Tina Eisenberg that now takes place in over 40 cities around the world. Last month’s New York speaker was Jessica Jackley, one of the founders of international micro-loan non-profit Kiva. The theme was MONEY. (She starts talking about the awkwardness of talking about money at about 13:00!)

P.S. In Response to Your Request for Salary Requirements

How to get the salary you want and deserve.

The Case of the Mystery Haircare Products

What a scam looks like, maybe.

An Analysis of Financial Affairs in the Musical Drama, “Nashville”

Nashville is also a show about money—nearly all the plot points are driven by it.

Romney Makes All Our Other Presidents Look Poor

Mitt Romney—how rich is he, really? The answer to that question can be found in these three graphs comparing his wealth to that of our last five presidents (you know, just normal middle-class dudes). No comparison, would be how to describe the graphs in two words. Insane, would be how to describe them in one. LOLOLOLOL, would be how to describe them on the internet.

Getting Paid for Art Not Easy

Artists in Canada get guaranteed stipends. In the U.S., they don't.