(ThyBlackMan.com) “Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” Mayer Amschel Rothschild. I often wonder if most Black people in America really understand the across-the-board impact economics has on our daily lives. Or have we just been beaten down so badly that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember when Vice President, Dan Quayle said we should be glad that foreigners are buying properties and land in our country; “America is for sale,” he said. I guess he was correct, considering what we have seen over the past 25 years, especially what we see going on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s finally time that we have that long awaited talk about measuring black success. For far too long we have given many a pass when it comes to what they say and how they go about navigating what it means to achieve for the community. No, making money and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just about everyone agrees that selling your home is a lengthy process. So how is it possible that a London firm is claiming that they can get you cash in hand for your home in under a week? This would mean that the whole process of selling your home ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people need to get their money right and get some sense as to who they’re spending it with because the one sided relationship with many of the companies that Blacks support are NOT mutually beneficial. While I am very angry at the fact that out of the $390 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people who are about to start a business have a mistaken idea about business plans. They think that they are simply a tool for raising money. Therefore, many prospective business owners really do not give nearly as much thought or time to this important document as they should, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chaka Khan sang, “Tell me somethin’ good.” The 2014 National Urban League (NUL) report, State of Black America, “One Nation Underemployed; Jobs Rebuild America,” contains a lot of great information, but it will only prove to be “good” if we use it to build a solid and long lasting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week I attended a very nice reception hosted by two of my friends, Rosa Whitaker and Bernadette Paolo. Rosa is CEO and President of the Whitaker Group, a Washington, D.C.- based consultancy specializing in trade and investment in Africa. She previously served as the first Assistant U.S. Trade ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It’s time to give America a Raise!” With these words, President Barack Obama called for Congress to raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour over the next two years. Furthermore, the President is proposing indexing the minimum wage to inflation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In light of what most of us know about the economy and where Black people fit, mostly as consumers rather than producers, a discussion of Black Capitalism is in order. The term was promoted by Stokley Carmichael in 1966 as part of the “Black Power” movement, but came into ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wednesday and Friday are two days of reckoning when it comes to the Federal Reserve Bank’s (Fed) policy of withdrawing easy or cheap money from the economy. The Fed started withdrawing money through its Quantitative Easing (QE) program in December 2013. Of course, there will be many other days ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of my mentors once told me as I asked for advice about how to advance my career, “You don’t know what you don’t know and you think you know.” Ouch. My pride was a little bruised, but I knew he knew what he was talking about so it ...