I’m catching up with some reading because I’ve been busy with work lately. Here are some interesting articles I liked:
Hedonically-Adjusted, Well-Spun, Nominal Misery (The Big Picture) - Are the reported inflation and unemployment numbers artificially low compared to what were reported years ago? Maybe. But what can you do about it?
Credit/Debit/ATM Cards and Foreign Exchange [...]
Here are some interesting articles I found last week.
Debt Collection Done From India Appeals to U.S. Agencies (New York Times) - It shouldn’t be a surprise. When you call customer service, you talk to someone in India. When they send you to debt collection, they call you from India. I wonder if people can pretend [...]
Ranking above overdraft or NSF fees from the banks, late fees from credit card companies are probably the most hated fees. Even finance blogger and business executive Shadox who is usually on top of these things is sometimes caught by a late fee. If you ask them nicely, as in Shadox’s case, the credit card [...]
Here are some food for thought for this week:
My Very Own Risk-Based Repricing Experience (Credit Slips) - A law professor wrote about his experience with disputing a billing error on his credit card.
And It All Comes Down to This … (Wall Street Journal) - After writing more than 1,000 columns, Jonathan Clements is leaving WSJ. [...]
