Does Your Education Really Make a Difference For Your Financial Future?

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One of the age old questions that many people have is whether having a good education will predispose you towards being wealthy. While there are many schools of thought on this, the general consensus is that it is easier to make more money when you have a special degree, but it’s not impossible to make money if you don’t. There ...

The Money Diaries: The 27-year-old product designer who tracks her finances a little TOO closely

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10 comments — written on December 10th, 2009 (6 hours ago)

Today is another post in the Money Diaries series, which is based off New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries. We’ve collected stories from real people about their spending habits over seven days, anonymized them, and posted them ...

The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Three Little Things Edition

Three little items of interest.

1. I will be attending the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, TX on March 12-16 (or some subset of those days). I hope to have copies of my upcoming book there to give to a few people. If you’re going to be there as well and want to meet up, let me know!

2. Starting ...

You Can Watch Your Netflix Instant Queue Using Your Xbox 360

By Debbie Dragon

I’ve been a member of Netflix for about a year now, because I was previously guilty of forgetting to return movies on time and spending a fortune in late fees. My family watches movies at night a couple times a week in the summer months, and then in the winter we tend to watch a little ...

The Money Diaries: The 20-something semi-conscious spender

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48 comments — written on August 11th, 2009

Today is another post in the Money Diaries series, which is based off New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries. We’ve collected stories from real people about their spending habits over seven days, anonymized them, and posted them here.

Today’s post is by a 24-year old social worker who also ...