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The New Frugality by Chris Farrell

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The New Frugality by Chris Farrell is a new personal finance book that discusses a growing trend in America towards frugality. As we claw our way out of the Great Recession, American families are going back to smarter and safer spending after a near decade at the buffet table of cheap credit. This isn’t a book with a million different ways to pinch a penny, it’s a book that seeks to teach you how to be smarter with your money in actionable ways. For most books, there’s usually one big idea followed by dozens of… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 27, 2010 at 12:20 pm

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The Great Depression: A Diary – Book Review

Benjamin Roth was a lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio during the Great Depression and kept a regular diary of his impressions during the era. The diary was required reading for his son who also became a lawyer at the firm he started, in order to understand what their clients went through. After the recent crash, it has now been published as a book called The Great Depression: A Diary. The book is primarily a straight transcription of the original handwritten journal, with a few editor’s notes to provide a little additional background when needed. Each entry is dated, and… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - November 13, 2009 at 10:20 pm

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Your Take: Married Women Outearning Husbands

An MSNBC article this week discussed how women are increasingly earning more than their husbands. Twenty years ago, 17.8% of women outearned their husbands. In 2007, 25.9% outearned their husbands if they both worked and 33.5% of married women outearned their husbands period. It’s estimated that the percentage bas probably jumped because of all the jobs lost in the recession, it’s estimated that nearly 75% were held by men. The Shriver Report conducted a survey and found that 65.3% of women and 61.2% of men were comfortable with women earning more than men. I want… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - October 23, 2009 at 8:20 pm

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Financial considerations when facing separation

It is a well-known fact that financial problems are a leading cause of divorce. According to studies published in the Journal of Political Economy, couples that experience any significant and unexpected change in income—positive or negative—are at risk of divorce. Furthermore, there is evidence that couples’ financial problems are linked to increased levels of stress, conflict, and decreased levels of marital satisfaction. With so many families struggling financially as unemployment rates continue to rise, it’s ironic that less people are calling it quits. According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 37 percent of the divorce attorneys polled reported that they’ve… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - October 20, 2009 at 8:20 am

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Working hard for the money

Surviving the recession was tough carry out and recovery might not be fast or easy—but Monday we get to get a break. Labor Day is a day to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of American employees.  Regardless of regardless of regardless of whether the day is invested celebrating or soothing, it is especially deserved this yr. Subsequent all, Americans carry out tough all yr lengthy. Believe about the subsequent statistics from the >>>>US Census Bureau

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - September 3, 2009 at 12:20 am

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