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America’s Love-Hate Relationship with Wealth

{ Posted on Nov 14 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : Advanced, All, Economics, Get Rich Slowly, News, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
I was on the road for the past two months, first in Chicago, and then in Bolivia and Peru. As always happens, one of the side effects of travel is that I’ve been living in a media vacuum. For the ...Read More »

Why Austerity Hurts: The Government’s Budget is Not Like Yours

{ Posted on Aug 25 2011 by Sarah Gilbert }
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Categories : All, Economics, Frugality, Get Rich Slowly, News, Uncategorized
This post is from new staff writer Sarah Gilbert. GRS readers liked Gilbert’s recent post on economics and current events, so today she’s offering more of the same. Unlike “entitlements,” the word “austerity” has come to mean something akin to “godliness” ...Read More »

Is Unlimited Air Travel a Good Deal?

{ Posted on Aug 18 2011 by Sierra Black }
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Categories : All, Get Rich Slowly, News, Travel, Uncategorized
This post is from staff writer Sierra Black. Sierra writes about frugality, sustainable living, and raising children at Childwild.com. Air travel is rarely anyone’s idea of a good time. It’s expensive, time-consuming and difficult. There are the byzantine demands of the ticketing ...Read More »

What S&P Debt Ratings Mean for the U.S. (and Its Citizen Shareholders)

{ Posted on Aug 10 2011 by Sarah Gilbert }
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This post is from new staff writer Sarah Gilbert. We’d planned for her to make her debut later, but Gilbert offered to write about the current economic situation, so she’s stepping up the plate a little early. This is a ...Read More »

Spotify: The Future of Music Is Here — and You’ll Pay Less for It

{ Posted on Jul 28 2011 by Sierra Black }
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Categories : All, Consumerism, Get Rich Slowly, News, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
This post is from staff writer Sierra Black. Sierra writes about frugality, sustainable living, and raising children at Childwild.com. Europe’s hit music-listening service has finally launched in the United States. Spotify is here, and it’s already changed the way I listen ...Read More »

Agents Who Negotiate Short Revenue

{ Posted on Jun 09 2011 by dudleylandry }
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Categories : All, Business Finance Marketing, News, Real Estate, Santa Monica, Short Sale, Uncategorized
Agents Who Negotiate Short Revenue In simple fact it need to be known as “extended sale” due to the fact actual estate experts who specialize in small sale transactions are effectively aware that – patience, diligent comply with up and ...Read More »

All That Glitters: Why I’m Not Investing in Gold

{ Posted on May 10 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : All, Economics, Get Rich Slowly, Investing, News, Uncategorized
Over the past two years, I’ve received a lot of requests to write about investing in gold and silver. I’ve ignored these requests. For one, I feel unqualified to comment. For another, I’m afraid that anything I do say will ...Read More »

Look Out for Changes to Your Bank Accounts

{ Posted on Mar 19 2011 by April Dykman }
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Categories : All, CFPB, Get Rich Slowly, News, Uncategorized
Last year Congress passed the massive Dodd-Frank bill as a response to the reckless actions of Wall Street and to establish protections for consumers. But some of the new regulations will cost banks significant revenue, and stories are running rampant ...Read More »

Consumer Reports Auto Issue: Best and Worst Cars for 2011

{ Posted on Mar 10 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : All, Books, Cars, Get Rich Slowly, News, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again! The annual auto issue of Consumer Reports landed in my mailbox yesterday, and I spent some time browsing its pages. I’m not nearly as interested in car info as I used to be; I’ve ...Read More »

In Praise of Thrift: An Old Idea for a New Economy

{ Posted on Feb 08 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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This is a guest post by Lori Blatzheim, a writer living in Chanhassen, Minnesota. For more information about National Thrift Week, visit NewThrift.org. If there was a coat of arms for my family, it would display a golden lion standing on ...Read More »
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