October 2008
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Action Plan: Get out of debt
Slavery may have been abolished with the 13th amendment, but millions of Americans are slaves to their debts. The crazy part is that they signed up for it themselves! Until you’re free from your unproductive debts, you’re not free.
Nothing sucks the life out of you like unproductive debt. As will be discussed in other posts, not all debt is bad. However, odds are pretty good that...
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Minty Fresh Finances, tracking your money with...
It’s official, you no longer have any excuses for not tracking your money.
I’m not talking about using clunky (and costly) desktop software like Quicken and Microsoft Money. Plus, no one wants to type in or categorize all their transactions.
Say hello to a free, web-based alternative: Mint.com
Mint is a well-designed web app that automatically aggregates financial data from all...
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The Gaping Hole in American Education
In school we’re taught writing, reading, and arithmetic. We study history, science, sociology, technology and even the “birds and the bees.”
But, on graduation day, how much does the average American know about money?
The answer: pretty much nothing.
We may have taken an economics class or two. But we are never really taught how to handle our own finances, much less,...