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Home Economics
How much garbage do you make per day?
I recently read Edward Humes’ new book, Garbology. One of the key facts out of the book is that the widely quoted EPA estimate, that the average American throws out 4.3 lbs of trash per day, is wrong. We actually generate more than 7 lbs each.
That 7 lbs can sneak up on you. I make most of the meals I eat, rarely indulging in take-out with its bags, plastic cont… read more »
Is parenthood a job?
Every year in time for Mother’s Day, Salary.com produces a figure showing how much you’d have to pay for the job of “mom.” The answer is always in the six-figures for stay-at-home moms. It is based on mothers’ estimates of how much time they spend doing various tasks, which — like all time-use estimates — tend to be higher than what time… read more »
ATM Book Club Week 8 (Chapter 7)
I’m running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on the blog. You can join at any time; there are links to previous weeks at the bottom of the post.
Chapter 7 is called “The Chicken Mystique.” I think the idea for this chapter had been brewing in my head since I read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Mir… read more »
Equally Shared Parenting
(Laura’s note: I’m taking the week off, and revisiting some posts from past years. This book review ran in January of 2010).
Over the past few years, Marc and Amy Vachon have found themselves in the public eye for what, judging by some of the comments on blog posts about them, seems like a pretty controversial and non-traditional lifestyle. Nope… read more »
ATM Book Club Week 5 (Chapter 4)
I’m running an informal book club devoted to All the Money in the World here on this blog. You can start at any point; there are links to previous weeks at the bottom of this post.
This week we’re talking about Chapter 4, “Laughing at the Joneses.” In this chapter, I look at the American Dream of home ownership, and specifically, the bi… read more »
