All The Money In The World, Plus The Do-Not-Want List
I've started asking people a few questions about money to get some conversations going: 1. If you had "all the money in the world" -- not …Read More
Category Archives: Money
Book Title Musings (And Call for Beta Testers)
Earlier this week I met with the editorial and publicity team over at Portfolio (the publisher of 168 Hours). We have been working for a …Read More
If You Had A 2-Hour Workday…
I'm home with Sam (19 months) today, and we're having a fun time. There was a zoo trip and shopping -- I'll let you figure …Read More
Musings On A Not-So-Small House
A few months ago, I posed a question to blog readers: What Does One Put In a 10,000 Square Foot House? Some people pointed me …Read More
An Early Round-up: You Have Time To Write That Novel (Or Work a Low-Wage Job?)
I'm posting this week's round-up on Thursday instead of Friday because tomorrow I will be...closing on a house. Yes, we've decided to take the plunge …Read More
The US Budget — And Ours
As I'm posting this, President Obama is supposed to be addressing the nation (OK, those of us who can watch a speech at 1:35PM on …Read More
Kids and Chores
So I interviewed Prof. Lewis Mandell last week for my money book (now, called again, Laughing at the Joneses... it will come out with a …Read More
How Much House Can You Afford?
One of the issues I'm tackling in Plenty is the usual calculators on how much house people can afford. By how much I mean how …Read More
Round-Up: Spousonomics, Simple Dollar and Your Minimum Wage
Lots of reading material this week! First, over at the Spousonomics blog (the website of the book by Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson), I'm featured …Read More
How Do You Teach Kids About Money?
In the last chapter of the book currently known as Plenty, I'm writing a small section on teaching kids about money. I've realized from a …Read More