Making it, or not, on $460 per week
I read a lot of personal finance blogs, and one of the most interesting discussions in the past few weeks was over at Money Saving …Read More
Category Archives: Money
There’s nothing frugal about a $10 bag of chocolate chips
I spent last Friday injecting some cash into the local economy. It had been several months since we went to Costco and the pantry was …Read More
Women, money and the barriers to wealth
September’s Real Simple features an article on “Women and Money” and “Why you need to take control now.” Author Geraldine Sealey writes of putting off …Read More
Windsurfing in Schumpeter’s gale
One of the most evocative concepts in economics is “creative destruction.” In Joseph Schumpeter’s 1942 book, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, he described this force as …Read More
What’s for dinner? (2012 version)
I’ve been experimenting with making smoothies lately. I bought a frozen Yoplait berry smoothie pack from the supermarket, but was offended to learn that I …Read More
The frictionless labor market
There are two labor markets: the W-2 one, and the 1099 one. W-2s are the tax forms you get if you’re on someone’s payroll. 1099s …Read More
America’s best days
I recently read Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit. I certainly enjoyed the book as a sports story, but I also enjoyed learning about that period of time …Read More
The half-hour problem
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have a favorite data set: The American Time Use Survey. This annual study from the Bureau of …Read More
The trouble with “can’t have it all” manifestos
We live in a first-person world. We argue from our own experience. But what does our own experience actually say about the rest of humanity? …Read More
Want to be happy? Boost your joy budget
I tried out my money speech for the first time at the Invent Your Future Midwest Conference for Women this week. While I have given …Read More