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Category: Accounting

Accounting/Fractional-reserve banking

Almost have it

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

I always welcome it when someone tries to learn or understand something new, especially if I’ve been a source of that inspiration. Previously I responded ...

Accounting/Fractional-reserve banking

And that is not banking

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

Article: “And That Is Banking” Recently this article came in as a trackback to my article on fractional reserve banking. Now the author classifies t...

Accounting/Debt

Integrating budgeting and accounting with GnuCash

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

There are a lot of approaches to budgeting and personal financial management, it seems. Some are rather complicated, while others make you wonder whether their ...

Accounting/Technology

Searching for an accounting system

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Over the last couple years, I’ve massaged my financial management into a very, very effective system that uses GnuCash. I’ve managed to take wide ad...

Accounting/Debt/Mortgage

$1.5 million bullshit artist

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

On this blog and elsewhere, I’ve been an advocate for shedding debt. Including paying down your mortgage early. Investments are a gamble. If the percentag...

Accounting/Debt

Leveraging and personal finance

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Dave Ramsey definitely caters to a particular audience. That is an audience that has little control over their spending and little, if any, financial intelligen...

Accounting/Federal Reserve/Fractional-reserve banking

Accounting for Fractional Reserve Banking

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Kenneth Ballard / 1 Comment

Fractional reserve banking. “Creating money out of thin air”. Debasing the currency. It can certainly be a confusing concept. Banks we are told have...

Accounting/Capitalism/Politics

Misunderstanding profit

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

When it comes to business reports, the concept of profit has to be one of the most misinterpreted items on a company’s balance sheet. What is it, what doe...

Accounting/Debt

Why are forgiven debts treated as income?

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Why are forgiven debts treated as income? After all it doesn’t really make sense: you don’t actually receive any money when debts are written off, b...

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