I have two lamps, a frying pan, a sauce pan, plastic spoons and plates and two large coffee mugs that I can also eat soup or cereal in or scramble eggs. I realize this is subsistence living.
When personal finance expert Suze Orman joined me on Mondays With Marlo, she told me that she hates the word "budget." Instead of cutting back on all ...
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This is a teen-written article from our friends at L.A. Youth, a nonprofit organization that uses media as a tool for young people to examine themselv...
Ten months ago, Kaarlo Maki lost his job managing a quality assurance team for a Boston financial institution. For Maki, 43, who lives in Quincy and i...
Everyone reacts differently to a layoff. Remember, you're in this together. So, how can you help your newly unemployed significant other navigate this treacherous time?
Global shipping contributes about a billion tonnes of CO2. That's more than the entire economies of Germany or the UK. ...
The headlines say the recession is just about over, but I figure that no matter what happens to the market, by cutting back I've learned better habits. Here are fifteen of my easy cutbacks.
For the first time in at least a decade, the nation's consumers are trying to get by on fewer prescription drugs. As people around the country respo...
Today, I'm not sure who to be angry at, exactly who to blame, but after years of inattention and living like we had a right to a free lunch, my suspicion is that this time the culprit is all of us.
Bush doesn't think Americans need to be told to conserve. He thinks they are pretty smart and will know what to do. Now THAT'S leadership.
Trimming my expenditures while still buying the things and experiences I most enjoy in life is filling me with spaciousness and freedom. What can you trim with no loss of enjoyment today?
