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My Third Shift Mom

Chart: The Hollowing Out of Middle Class Jobs

Does Saving Money Make You Happy?

The Book Thief

An Unreasonably Frugal Person Tries to Figure It Out

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

The Apartment Hunt

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

Big Food Is Coming For Us

Why It’s Hard for Adjuncts to Find Other Jobs

Sickness, Death, and Money

(Rich) People-Watching At Christie’s

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

Paying Alcoholics In Beer

Places I’ve Lived: Multiple Towns in North Ontario

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

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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

Skipping Your High School Reunion

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

I Sold My Bone Marrow for $300 and You Can Too

Brushing Your Teeth At Work