It has been a long time since we have been greeted with purely good news about our economy. Even as the most recent jobs report showed a drop in the unemployment rate, the report came with plenty of caveats.
But for those of us lucky enough to be employed and making money, there seems to be no good place for us for us to invest that money. Is the solution to put it back in our wallet?
Rana Foroohar is the assistant managing editor for Time Magazine. She thinks recent economic troubles should make us reconsider how we think about money.
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