In the old days making a trade was the best form of commerce: "My horse for your two pigs." Although, not too sure how the livestock felt about being used as a currency or economic units. It worked for many, many, many years. These days, it's a whole new bit. Simon Fraser University recently announced it will take Bitcoin as payment for its bookstore. The senate gave a message to Canadian Government to keep their hands off regulating these new virtual currencies. Bitcoin has ... [more]
How we spend it today: Who’s watching our watchers?
Used to be a penny saved, was a penny earned. Now that we don't really have pennies what happens? Is anything saved anymore... or do we just spend it more and more until our credit runs out? Has everyone's spending gone wildly out of control today? Now millions are not enough anymore. In fact millionaires are a dime a dozen these days... Now you need to be a Billionaire! It used to be you had a million, you would good - be set for life. Not if you planned to live in a city like ... [more]