Posted January 8, 2009 - 11:18 by Paul Michael
Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Deals, Food and Drink, Consumer Affairs
Did you know that your local TV and radio stations regularly receive gift certificates as “payment” for air time? Believe it or not, retailers and restaurants are actually exchanging hundreds of gift certificates for exclusive air time on the networks. Then, the stations turn around and sell those certificates to viewers for half-price. They win. You win. And I’ll show you where to find them online.
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Posted August 13, 2008 - 07:09 by Linsey Knerl
Frugal Living, Food and Drink, Technology
MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn are familiar (and often tired) ways to reach out to others with similar interests and goals. So why am I not surprised to see Social Networking hit the local farmer’s market? Check out the newest way to connect with your farmer down the road.
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Posted October 23, 2007 - 13:10 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Life Hacks
Because the advantages of trade (lower prices) fall into the hands of the person making the decision (the buyer), there's a constant tendency to move toward freer trade, unless there's some sort of institutional pressure in the opposite direction. Local currencies are one way to institutionalize a preference for buying local.
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Posted October 20, 2007 - 14:50 by Philip Brewer
Food and Drink, Green Living, Lifestyle, Consumer Affairs
Localization--eating locally grown foods and buying locally produced goods--has become trendy just lately. For the past twenty years, though, globalization has been the dominate force. The tension between trade and localization is not a new one.
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Is there a backlash against cheap Chinese imports coming? I, for one, secretly hope so.
We've known that it can't last forever, haven't we? This spending spree that Americans have been partaking in - between our big TVs, our cheap clothes and Target shoes, even many ingredients in our food - it has to end. Our trade deficit with China was long ago recognized as a problem, but not one that Americans were willing to really do anything about - as long as both of our economies kept growing, we felt, we should just keep doing what we're doing.
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