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Why were women’s warnings about the financial crisis ignored?

I read it on the train, and couldn’t stop myself from shaking my head visibly in disgust and anger.

Earlier this month, the Fed released transcripts of some high-level meetings on the economy, and this NY Times article summarizing the conversations was the source of my frustration.

Among the most notable details:

• The officials “laughed about… efforts to make empty homes look occupied.”
• The officials had enough information but failed to comprehend it all properly in part because of their “deep confidence in economic forecasting models that turned out to be broken.”
• “The nation’s pre-eminent economic minds did not fully understand the basic mechanics of the economy that they were charged with shepherding.”
• Some Fed officials went so far as ...

I read it on the train, and couldn’t stop myself from shaking my head visibly in disgust and anger.

Earlier this month, the Fed released transcripts of some high-level meetings on the economy, and this NY ...

Guest Post: Gender Neutral Financial Security

This is a guest post from Kimberly Palmer, author of the new book Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back, and personal finance columnist at US News & World Report.

When I first set out to write a personal finance book, I thought it would be for women. After all, I’ve always love writing about feminism, and I planned to incorporate that passion into my full-time job as a personal finance columnist for US News & World Report.

As I started my research, though, something didn’t seem quite right. There were tons of pink-covered books on the market aimed at women, much of which focused on how to spend less money and reign in shopaholic tendencies. ...

This is a guest post from Kimberly Palmer, author of the new book Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving Back, and personal finance columnist at US News & World Report.

When I ...