Friday Estimate

Chart: The Hollowing Out of Middle Class Jobs

The Book Thief

Career Advice from Marissa Mayer to a Woman Who Later Became a C.E.O.

Wal-Mart Workers Don’t Earn Enough to Cover Thanksgiving Dinner

How Will JP Morgan’s $13 Billion Settlement Help Homeowners?

Why It’s Hard for Adjuncts to Find Other Jobs

Anecdote About Kicking a Person Out of a Foreclosed Home Will Not Help Banks’ Reputations

Hawaii Rep. Tom Brower Thinks Smashing Shopping Carts Will Help Solve Homeless Problem

We Are Our Best Alarm Clocks

I Need to Pay Off a Balance on a Closed Account and Repair My Credit, Help Me Please

When Public Universities Were Free or Affordable

McDonald’s Suggests Singing Away the Stress of Not Earning Enough Money

Failing, Living on the Streets, and Finding Your Way Back Using Craigslist

Your Coffeemaker Can Make You Coffee. And Oatmeal. And Hard Boiled Eggs

Keep It Short and Sweet When Quitting

Neighborhoods in U.S. Cities the French Government Warns Its Traveling Citizens to Avoid

Customers Will Pay More If They Think Something is Better

Disadvantages as Advantages

The Student Debt Crisis, State-By-State

Monday Check-in

Here Is Your Open Thread

If You Are Reading This to Waste Time, Good Job!

Friday Estimate

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