Word: dollarize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...expenses on gasoline amounted, on average, to only 3.8% of total household budget in 2006. Yet amid all the confusing data on the state of the U.S. economy, what we spend at the local service station is the most tangible way for consumers to measure the value of their dollar...
...Another is the growing realization that money talks—in all languages. Private foundations can often avoid the bureaucratic mess that plagues public funds, and more effectively stomp out developing world maladies. Even NGOs extol the virtue of profit through microfinance. Social enterprises ensure that each dollar of goodwill can go further. For do-gooders and techies alike, entrepreneurship is almost a religious calling...
America's first actor-leader was George Washington. We have trouble thinking of him as theatrical because we're so used to seeing a static version of him on worn quarters and wrinkled dollar bills. But in his day, he compelled the spotlight of public attention and was a master of political stagecraft. All his life, Washington was mindful of his physical presentation, from the uniforms he designed and wore to the way he sat on a horse. One of his great moments as a leader involved a bit of stage business. At the end of the Revolutionary...
...histrionic skills. Franklin D. Roosevelt's appeal was heightened by the polio that crippled him in 1921. He developed the ability to make people forget his leg braces and feel at ease in his presence. Those who met him when he was President, or even saw his million-dollar smile at a distance or in a newsreel, felt heartened. Winston Churchill said being with him was like "opening a bottle of champagne." Good vibes are not in themselves solutions to problems. But at the nadir of the Depression and in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt conveyed the sense that...
...When I walk my dog, I have a 20-dollar bill in one pocket and mace in the other," says Pedro, referring to "mugger money" she carries to hand over in hopes that an assailant will beat a quick retreat, and spray in case things turn uglier. "I've taken that initiative, but I think I need to go further," she says, citing a string of assaults in her quiet neighborhood near the French Quarter. "I would like to have a visible...