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Karl Bunyan

Karl Bunyan

The Marginal Utility of £80k

The assertion that £80k is “not in the top 50 per cent” of salaries is one of the stranger things to have come out of the election debates…

Nov 25, 2019

The Marginal Utility of £80k

Nov 25, 2019

Karl Bunyan

QuickQuid Is Gone, But The Victory Is Hollow

It seems that the payday loan industry is finally crumbling, and the closure of QuickQuid today seems like it should be something to…

Oct 25, 2019

QuickQuid Is Gone, But The Victory Is Hollow

Oct 25, 2019

Karl Bunyan

What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?

It’s maybe the most quoted line from Monty Python’s Life of Brian: “What have the Romans ever done for us?”. Reg, the leader of the…

Oct 14, 2019

What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us?

Oct 14, 2019

Karl Bunyan

Persistent Debt Stacking and Irrational Snowballs

There are very few people in the Western world with no debt. The word “debt” comes loaded with connotations of “bad” debt such as high…

Jun 26, 2019

Persistent Debt Stacking and Irrational Snowballs

Jun 26, 2019

Karl Bunyan

A Bad Time To Be Poor

It’s never a good time to be poor, it has to be said, but this week it’s a particularly bad time to be poor.

Mar 29, 2019

A Bad Time To Be Poor

Mar 29, 2019

Karl Bunyan

The Cognitive Poverty Premium

The strange thing about being poor is that it’s more expensive than being rich

Mar 5, 2019

The Cognitive Poverty Premium

Mar 5, 2019

Karl Bunyan

It’s Not Just How Much You Get Paid

The somewhat surprising finding that getting paid frequently can be as good as getting paid more

Feb 19, 2019

Feb 19, 2019

Karl Bunyan

All Things Being Unequal

If you believe that society is more meritocratic than ever before, that anyone can work hard, climb the ladder and and reap the…

Feb 12, 2019

All Things Being Unequal

Feb 12, 2019

Karl Bunyan

Thinking Beyond Short Term

At Wagestream we’re over the moon that a recent survey of our users found that over 30% of them had avoided having to take out a payday…

Feb 8, 2019

Thinking Beyond Short Term

Feb 8, 2019

Karl Bunyan

Too Much Information?

According to a YouGov survey of 2,250 adults last year, 66% of us in Britain don’t trust banks to work in the best interests of society.

Feb 4, 2019

Too Much Information?

Feb 4, 2019

Karl Bunyan

Karl Bunyan

Principal Software Engineer at Wagestream http://wagestream.co.uk. Cycling, board games, lawn bowls, JavaScript. Author of Build an HTML5 Game.

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