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Broke because five dollars does not matter
Why the mind systematically under-rates small repeating amounts, where that stops being the reader's problem, and…
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Behavioral economics for normal people. Why your brain works against you with money, and what helps.
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Broke because life happened
What the Federal Reserve's own survey says about why households fall behind, and what follows from it for a site that writes about spending.
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Broke because the raise arrived and nothing changed
What the Consumer Expenditure Survey shows about spending as income rises, what it cannot show, and the one habit…
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Broke because it was on sale
Why a former-price comparison works on people, what the regulator says about it in its own worked example, and…
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Broke because the minimum payment looked like a plan
Why the minimum payment keeps a balance alive, where the real payoff number is already printed on your statement,…
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Broke because nobody ever showed you the arithmetic
Not knowing where your money goes is a gap in teaching, not a flaw in you: what the national numbers say, and the…
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