Archive for December, 2008
Common Sense Economics Book Review
Monday, December 29th, 2008
I just finished reading Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity. This book is an introduction to the key fundamentals of Economics, as well as a bit of Personal Finance. It’s a relatively small book too, one you can easily read in a day.
Common Sense Economics is a great book [...]
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Weekly Web Favorites: Christmas is Over Edition
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. We had a great time hosting Christmas dinner at our house for the second year in the row. Lots of food, lots of family, and not a lot of gifts—just how it should be. We used the weak Economy as an excuse not to exchange gifts with just [...]
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Why I’m Done With Big Banks
Friday, December 19th, 2008
I’ve had enough of the big banks. My personal experience was with WellsFargo, but this story could just as easily apply to any of them. You might think that a 10-plus year relationship with one might cause it to care a little bit about you as a customer, but that is clearly not the case. [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Rants by Eden
Weekly Web Favorites- Blog Carnival Edition
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
First up for this week, I was fortunate enough to have my article on Simple Steps for a Cash Only Christmas chosen as an Editor’s Pick in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Many thanks to Free From Broke for hosting this week’s carnival.
But enough about me, now for my other favorites from the [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Web Favorites by Eden
Bonfire of the Brands
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I recently discovered the Bonfire of the Brands website and book, thanks to the Good Consumer video I talked about a few days ago.
I really love the idea behind this site and I ordered the book. Below are a few excellent quotes (my titles in bold) from the website. I recommend taking more time to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism, Web Favorites by Eden
Looking Back on a Year Without Credit Cards
Monday, December 8th, 2008
I started this blog in September, 2007 with about $25,000 in credit card debt. As I write today, I’m down to about $10,000 remaining. I did not add any new credit card debt and I focused my efforts on paying extra on my credit cards before any other debts. Along the way, I have paid [...]
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Weekly Web Favorites: Crazed-Consumerist Edition
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
I’ve included an excellent video in this week’s Web Favorites. It’s called the Good Consumer. Sadly, there is far too much truth in this video.
California May Pay With IOUs, Minnesota $5.2 Billion in the Hole [from MISH'S Global Economic Trend Analysis] - Looks like just the beginning…my guess is that the bailout of the States [...]
