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Not the sort of person who ...

Posted November 13, 2008 - 06:54 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Frugal Living

Forest in autumn

Wise Bread is stuffed almost to bursting with suggestions on how to live large on a small budget. We've got suggestions on how to spend less, how to earn more, and how to take control of your finances and your career. There are certain suggestions, though, that trigger a particular kind of negative reaction: The one where people say, "I'm not the sort of person who" does whatever it is that we've suggested. It turns out that lots of people think that way. Don't do that.

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Book review: Spend 'til The End

Posted October 16, 2008 - 13:48 by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance

Cover of Spend 'til The End

My wife spotted this book at the library and brought it home, suggesting (based on the title) that it might be a sort of anti-Wise Bread that I could read and mock. When I started reading it though, I found it wasn't. In fact, it's an outstanding personal financial book: It offers the best framework for analyzing household finances of any book I've read.

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