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Why Financial Literacy Fails (and What to Do About It)

{ Posted on Dec 07 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : All, Get Rich Slowly, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
One of my resolutions since returning from Peru is that I’m going to be more responsive to requests from reporters. I’ve generally tried to weasel out of interviews in the past because they always made me uncomfortable. I’ve done enough ...Read More »

The Cinnamon Bear: An Old-Time Radio Christmas Tradition

{ Posted on Nov 28 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : All, Get Rich Slowly, KEX, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
Because I love The Cinnamon Bear so much, I post this same article every year. This year is no different, except that I’m posting it a couple of days early to give you time to download the files. If you ...Read More »

Giving Thanks for Small Businesses

{ Posted on Nov 24 2011 by Sarah Gilbert }
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Categories : All, Entrepreneurship, Get Rich Slowly, Odds and Ends
This post is from staff writer Sarah Gilbert. I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family near the Oregon coast this past weekend, and spent nearly the whole day Saturday in blissful cooking mode. It was lovely, but it’s a remote area where ...Read More »

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 I Still Pick Up Pennies

{ Posted on Nov 10 2011 by Donna Freedman }
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Categories : All, Funny Money, Get Rich Slowly, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
This post is from GRS staff writer Donna Freedman. Donna writes a personal finance column for MSN Money, and writes about frugality and intentional living at Surviving And Thriving. The most-read piece I ever wrote for MSN Money’s Smart Spending blog ...Read More »

Ask the Readers: How Would You Sell a Collection?

{ Posted on Sep 23 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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I am a collector. I always have been. When I was a boy, my parents gave me one closet in the trailer house to have as my very own. They called it the “rat’s nest” because I’d fill it up ...Read More »

Old Friends: Scenes from a Class Reunion

{ Posted on Sep 19 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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Categories : All, Get Rich Slowly, Odds and Ends, Real-Life, Relationships, Uncategorized
I am getting old, my friends. I am getting old. It’s no longer just a feeling, either. More and more, there are objective real-world reminders that I’m not the young man I once was. Kris and I spent last weekend, ...Read More »

Reader Story: Winning the Lottery

{ Posted on Sep 04 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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This guest post from Tina is part of the “reader stories” feature at Get Rich Slowly. Some stories contain general advice; others are examples of how a GRS reader achieved financial success — or failure. These stories feature folks from ...Read More »

Music Videos about Money from Kevin McKee, the Thousandaire

{ Posted on Aug 20 2011 by J.D. Roth }
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It’s been a l-o-n-g time since I shared fun finance videos on a Saturday morning. And I’m way behind on highlighting some of my favorite videos from this year’s Get Rich Slowly video contest. Today I’m going to kill two ...Read More »

When Renting Is Smarter Than Buying

{ Posted on Aug 12 2011 by Sierra Black }
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Categories : All, Choices, Consumerism, Get Rich Slowly, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized
This post is from staff writer Sierra Black. Sierra writes about frugality, sustainable living, and raising children at Childwild.com. In my article on Spotify last week, a couple of commenters took me to task for suggesting that subscribing to access for music ...Read More »
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