Recent Posts

Want to get more from your data? Stop focusing on efficiency

Ever since Henry Ford came up with the idea of using moving assembly lines to build automobiles faster at lower cost and at higher quality, efficiency has been the driving force in industry. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong approach for modern businesses. We’re no longer in an industrial economy. Today, information …

Read More »

What Do You Want Out of Financial Success?

Most people who find their way to The Simple Dollar have one key thing in common: they want to achieve some level of financial success that they don’t currently have in their life. For some, just keeping their head above water without continuing to rack up overdrafts and finance charges …

Read More »

Religious Groups in China Step Into the Coronavirus Crisis

Earlier this month, the hard-hit town of Caohe, near the center of the coronavirus outbreak in central China, received an unexpected gift: a large donation from a Taoist nunnery 550 miles away. Another Taoist temple, this one in Caohe itself, contributed tens of thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment …

Read More »