Remember what collapsed the housing market? The repackaged loans being traded with no capital behind them? This is the exact same deal. They know they’ve got you, too: College tuition has been steadily rising, at three to four times the rate of inflation (and that’s not even counting the textbooks, which clock out at an [...]

[via Dangerous Minds] According to the survey, 212 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend*, up from 195 million last year. People also spent more, with the average shopper this weekend spending $365.34, up from last year’s $343.31. Total spending reached an estimated $45.0 billion. – Black Friday Weekend, $45 Billion in [...]