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Monopoly and Capitalism
"What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is…
Tall vs. Short: The Debate over Earning Potential
"All limitations are self-imposed." -- Ernest Holmes Mark Borden of The New Yorker recently reported in an article called Shortchanged that there is a connection between height and money earned.…
Buying Self Esteem
"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed." - Kin Hubbard In an effort to provide a little more testosterone at Queercents,…
Book Review: Your First Million by Lynnette Khalfani
"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year." -- John Foster Dulles…
Ten Money Questions for Helen Boyd
Helen Boyd is a writer best known for her study of gender and probably would agree that money spends the same whether it is carried in a purse or wallet.…
Fighting Identity Theft — Shred Everything
"Know thyself." " Inscription at the Oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece My sister visited from Ohio last weekend and as usual we sat around dissecting quirks about our family.…
Straight Partnerships: Saying No to Marriage
About a year ago, I started reading an anonymous family finance blog called Tired but happy. At first, I thought it was written by a gay woman because she referred…
Advocate Readers — Please Start Here
We welcome readers introduced to Queercents through the most recent issue of the Advocate magazine. This site is a money blog written by a group of contributing writers with diverse…
In Vitro Fertilization: Lesbians Buy a Family
"The family is one of nature's masterpieces." -- George Santayana So it all started last week with a payment of $7,300. They make you pay upfront. No refund for any…
Ten Money Questions for Shuna Fish Lydon
Shuna Fish Lydon is a Bay Area pastry chef and food blogger at a site appropriately labeled Eggbeater. Shuna's resume includes such venerable establishments as Gramercy Tavern, The French Laundry,…