Does America Need a Robin Hood Tax?
A tiny fee charged to the biggest banks could generate hundreds of billions of dollars every year for social services, but what effect would it have on Wall Street?
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The Future of Money
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Crowd-Funding Gets Creative: The Kickstarters of 2014
Kickstarter and Indiegogo together bring in more than half a billion dollars annually for creators, but a new wave of crowd-funding sites are hoping to correct for some of their flaws.
How Are ‘Flappy Bird’ and ‘Candy Crush’ Still Making So Much Money?
A closer look at the app economy.
What Are You Worth as a Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or Instagram User?
With the rise of the invisible economy, the value of social media companies is judged less on their products than on their ability to attract users like you.
How Digital Currencies Led to the Biggest Money Laundering Case Ever
And how Bitcoin is learning from the mistakes of those that came before it so it can avoid the same fate.
Should You Really Make Your Passion Your Job?
Conflating creative passion and capital can be hazardous. Just look at the economic situation of the arts in the United States.
Legal Marijuana’s Money Problems
As Washington and Colorado attempt to build marijuana-based industries that are still seen as illegal in the eyes of the feds, those involved in the business of pot are finding themselves targeted by crooks and government officials alike.
The Bitcoin Crash That Never Came
After watching it survive Chinese legislation that attempted to ban the use of virtual currencies, we’re much closer to positive that Bitcoin is here to stay for good.
Everything Is Money: Does It Matter What Form Our Currency Takes?
The primary goal of money is to connect disparate individuals and groups, giving them a universal medium of exchange in the form of an object or symbol that all parties value.