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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 [...] A few hours after I found out about my raise, I went to choir rehearsals, where we were treated to a conversation about the financial status of our organization. We’re a non-profit choir, and one of the big choirs in DC is ceasing operations at the end of the season. Naturally, we’re all a little [...] Has the state of the economy changed how you spend? I’m serious. I’ve been reading personal finance and frugality blogs for nearly two years, and there are a lot of blogs out there on these subjects that have been around for years before that. What that tells me is that there are a lot of [...] I’ve seen a lot of press lately about the state of the economy and who we should blame for the current economic situation. I’ve read that the fault lies with just about everyone – the government, the banking system, greedy executives, home-buyers who over-reached, predatory lenders, etc. And while finding fault is helpful because you can [...] |
 
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