Chuck Blakeman

Author, speaker, and founder of the Crankset Group.



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How & Why to Find a Locally-Owned Bank

The velocity of the dollar.


Macro capitalism has given micro-capitalism a bad name. The purpose of capitalism is to create the velocity of the dollar locally – everyone prospers. Big biz takes that dollar away to “headquarters”. Here’s one way to keep your dollar in your town.

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Bismarck had it all wrong - Retirement blows chunks.

Shut up. Sit down. LIve invisibly. Go out quietly.


I’m working on my third book “Retirement is a Bankrupt Industrial Age Idea” and the research confirms everything I’m seeing in the world around us – the title of my book reflects reality. We’ve got to rethink the whole idea.

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Why We’re Leaving Our Giant Bank.

And why we didn’t do it earlier. UPDATED AUG & DEC, 2011


Wells Fargo is likely the “great bank” among the big ones, with the highest integrity and the lowest tolerance for bad banking practices among the bigs. But if my experience is typical as I believe it is, that should scare us all.



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