Is the American Medical Association’s opposition to a government-funded healthcare plan really about money? Or control? Something else?
The savings rate is now at about 4 percent, compared to zilch in the not-so-distant past. Still, we’ve got a long way to go. In 1984, the savings rate was 11 percent.
Basically, commercials are trying to sell us a feeling, a “lifestyle.” They’re playing off of our insecurities and desires—spreading the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) message that our lives would be better if only we had that new fabric softener or smartphone.
Girls bikinis, normally $36, are selling for $9 via Garnet Hill’s Sale of the Day.
In consumer psychologist Kathleen Vohs’s studies, she found that reminding people of the money they have spent heightens feelings of pain.
Car manufacturers are excited by a “cash for clunkers” plan. But what does would it really mean to potential car buyers?
Introducing a simple trick for saving: The Grandparents Rule. If your grandparents didn’t have it, then you probably don’t need it.
A quote regarding healthcare: “Nowhere else in the world is so much money spent with such poor results.”
Through June 14, IKEA is handing out gift cards worth $25 (if you spend over $100) up to $150 (if you spend over $600). Check out the offer, valid through this Sunday for purchases of select furniture, here.
Joey and Freddy, hosts of their very own goofball YouTube show, promise they can help you “Save a Dime in ’09.”
“I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.”
