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So I’m sure we all know someone who is currently out of work. Maybe they’ve been laid off, maybe they’re a recent grad still looking for a job. Maybe you’re one of those people. My friends and I have been discussing the current unemployment level quite a bit. In a discussion among employed friends, we got [...] Twice over the past week, I have seen advertising discussing the latest and greatest fashions for the fall season – all “inexpensive Recessionista style!” Recessionista? The word in itself is kind of ridiculous. But the best part was that the items for sale were not anywhere near what I would consider inexpensive, frugal, or appropriate for someone [...] To recap last Friday’s entry, my roommate’s financial situation is not all that and a bag of chips. This I know, and I’m sympathetic. If she pays her rent a few days late because a check needs to clear, I accept that. But I think she’s trying to take advantage. Before paying her rent, she said [...] This week, my roommate got some bad news. Her dad got laid off. Now, this wasn’t entirely unexpected. He’s got a number of years of experience and education, but he’s in an industry that has been especially hard hit by the current economic conditions. He and his wife have been anticipating this and planning for the [...] A recent article on Slate.com discussed how twenty-somethings are dealing with the recession. I particularly like the title: “The Real World Threw Up All Over Us.” The article does, at times, seem a bit whiny on the part of the twenty-somethings interviewed, but the author is careful to say that the e-mails she received were [...] |
 
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