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4 Reasons Why You Should Read Your Bill Every Month

by Ray

Over the next couple of weeks, six finalists will be auditioning for the opening of “staff writer” at Consumerism Commentary. Each will be providing two guest articles to share with readers. After the six writers have shared their guest articles, readers will have an opportunity to provide feedback before we select the staff writer. This ... Continue reading this article…

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Best of Consumerism Commentary, September 2009

by Flexo

Thank you for reading Consumerism Commentary. This website continues to be a success, thanks to visitors who participate in discussions, ask questions, and share stories. Join the community Subscribe to the RSS feed Add Consumerism Commentary to Google’s home page or Google Reader Free daily digest of new Consumerism Commentary articles via email Free somewhat-weekly ... Continue reading this article…

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Podcast 20: You Need a Budget and PocketSmith

by Flexo

Today’s episode of the Consumerism Commentary Podcast focuses on budgeting. Our first guest is Jesse Mecham, designer of the budgeting software You Need a Budget. We speak with Jesse about his philosophy and rules of budgeting and how it relates to the software he designed. In the second half of the podcast, our guests are ... Continue reading this article…

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Take a Financial Health Day to Organize Your Finances

by Flexo

Ron Lieber, a columnist for the New York Times, spent one day focusing on the financial tasks that he had been neglected. He calls this day a “fiscal health day,” like the mental health days everyone needs to take once in a while to remain a functional human being. I think this is a great ... Continue reading this article…

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Dealing With Financial Mistakes

by Jeff

My wife and I went way over our budget in a couple of categories during June. Part of it was to be expected because I’m commuting to a new internship, and part of it was planned, but unfortunately, most of the over-spending can be chalked up to a simple fact: we made some spending mistakes. ... Continue reading this article…

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Consumerism Commentary Podcast

by Flexo

The Consumerism Commentary Podcast is a weekly personal finance show, hosted by both Tom Dziubek, a former podcaster with the Wall Street Journal, and Jay Frosting, who started his first podcast in 2005 for fans of novelty rock music. Each week, the show offers commentary about money management, getting out of debt, budgeting, consumer issues, ... Continue reading this article…

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Money Basics: Budgets

by Flexo

April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. In most cases, schools do not extensively teach financial skills. Teenagers, highly susceptible to messages from the media, often do not have guidance from teachers, who are not trained to teach financial skills, or from parents, many of whom do not model healthy financial behavior. ... Continue reading this article…

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Review: I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

by Flexo

I’ve been in touch with Ramit Sethi since not long after he began writing on his blog, I Will Teach You to Be Rich, almost five years ago. It is no surprise to me that Ramit, after enhancing his writing with years of practice on his rapidly-growing website, has published I Will Teach You to ... Continue reading this article…

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