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Got a topic for our next Whiteboard video? Submit your ideas!
Help us break down complex financial topics into easy-to-understand analogies. Post a comment below with an idea for the topic of our next Whiteboard video and you could win a signed copy of Paddy Hirsch's new book "Man vs. Markets"
People who know me know I love two things: Explaining stuff to people and getting stuff for free. So it gives me great pleasure to combine these two loves by explaining to you how you how you can get something from me for free.
And that free thing is... a copy of my new book, Man vs. Markets. It explains all the basics and some of the not-so-basics about the financial system. Think of it as one of my Whiteboard videos on paper – with a fancy cover.
Post a comment and you could get free stuff
All you have to do is post a comment on this page suggesting an idea for an upcoming episode of the Whiteboard. Each week starting Friday Sept. 1 and continuing for the next few months, I’ll pick one person at random who left a comment and send them a signed copy of my book. And I’ll use your best ideas for future Whiteboard videos.
So post your comments with ideas – we need them, because without ideas, there’ll be no Whiteboards, and that could leave us all very badly needing a drink!
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Paddy, I write on behalf of a group of people gathered weekly at the unemployment office in the Berkshires. We are 55+ years of age and laid off from jobs some of us have had for 20+ years with varying skills. Our unemployment and/or severance pay is running out and we do not see a light at the end of the tunnel other than dipping into our retirement nest eggs. A big no no but we don't want to lose what we have. We are really feeling the application of ageism in this competitive market especially with the knowledge that friends in the same boat have not been successful after 12 to 24 months of searching (these folks are working part-time, no benefit positions way under their skill level and hearing on any interview they do land, "Well, how good are your skills after so much time?") Any advice for boomers from the middle class who sense they are slipping into an abyss?
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