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Transactions without conflict

Seth Godin Blog

It’s only been 140 years since the price tag first appeared. Before that, most every transaction was a negotiation. The seller tried to win by charging more, the buyer by paying less. In many ways, that’s a good thing–treating different people differently, rewarding good customers, adding fluidity to transactions.

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Nonprofits, Foundations, And Capital Formation

The Nonprofit Consultant

On Sean Stannard-Stockton's Tactical Philanthropy blog , he commented that "One of the most bizarre criticisms of the Giving Pledge is the idea that it will hurt the economy." In fact, nonprofits are a bigger portion of the economy than many other industries." capital formation.

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Is Facebook Causes A Good Investment?

The Nonprofit Consultant

I think the jury is still out, and I worry that we're making decisions about the worthiness of new tools for fundraising based on testing it in the worst economy in 70 years. The full ROI may not be there yet, but when the economy does return, you don't want to just be starting your social media strategy then.

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Don't Blame Haiti

The Nonprofit Consultant

I was reading an article a few days ago about an issue campaign that had been canceled and was struck by the sentence, "They blamed the tough economy and people focusing charitable efforts on Haiti for the lack of donations to their effort." Everybody knows the economy is tough, and that many donors have had to reduce their giving.

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German Economist Concludes Refugees Will Ultimately Cost Germany €900 Billion

MishTalk

At his Market Economy Foundation presentation, Raffelhüschen stated that " even with an integration of migrants into the labor market within six years, administrative fees in the long term will cost 900 billion euros." Of course politicians never want to put a realistic price tag on their pet projects.

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Good news for fundraisers

The Nonprofit Consultant

In this economy? felt the economy would rebound in less than two years. felt the economy would rebound in less than two years. Tags: donors Nonprofit fundraising economy. Did I say "good news"? Yes, I certainly did.

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Fed Openly Discusses "Permanently High Balance Sheet"; Lie Finally Admitted

MishTalk

trillion portfolio, vastly expanded by bond purchases aimed at stimulating the economy, will have to shrink once rates are on their way up, and the Fed will just need to decide how quickly. It could also give the Fed a permanent policy tool with which to target sectors of the economy and certain parts of the bond market.