One of Heidi’s biggest fears is growing old with credit card debt, but it sure looked like she was headed that way last year. That’s why Heidi took a second job. The 41-year-old, who lives near Pittsburgh, has about $30,000 in credit card debt. Right now Heidi — who asked [Keep reading]
Get ready for your home Internet to feel like your smartphone — bound by data caps, a large overage fee waiting to happen. Comcast gave some users the bad news Thursday — not surprisingly before a long weekend. Consumers who exceed 300 GB in a month will have to pay for [Keep reading]
Jim has a two-month old baby. He’s working at 10 p.m. when I meet him, and the baby — his wife stopped in to say hi. It unclear when she will go back to work. You’d think Jim is sleep-deprived from working long hours or a second job. But he’s not [Keep reading]
Steve and Jennie Silha ended up in debt the way a lot of young couples do: They had children. Steve, 44, is a realist, and says the problem was pretty simple. “It really came down to the fact that we decided that my wife would be a stay-at-home mom, but [Keep reading]
The next time you buy a cellphone, things will probably be very different. And better, for the most part. Nonetheless, phones have become a necessary part of our culture, with different types of phones to fit almost everyone in the world, for instance, phones for those who are busy and [Keep reading]
Used cars have always appealed to the budget-conscious shoppers because of their low prices, but there’s always been a drawback — used car loans. Until recently, bank loans for used cars were tricky to get, and were much more expensive than new car loans. If you find yourself wanting to [Keep reading]
A new computer, for as low as $24 a month! That might sound like a steal, but — as with any type of financing — make sure you do the math, and research your options. It may be tempting to buy a new PC in August, particularly with back-to-school sales. Even if [Keep reading]
(A note to loyal readers. Perhaps you’ve noticed that I’ve been away for a while — two weeks, to be exact. Well, I’ve proudly managed to take my own advice from The Restless Project and took a break. Thanks for your patience!) For years now, getting a good price on [Keep reading]
I had a depressing conversation recently with someone who does big housing construction deals for a big bank. There’s only two types of deals that work, he said. 1) Building pricey, premium granite countertop homes for well-off folks or 2) Building affordable housing with government subsidies. Roughly speaking: construction for [Keep reading]
Two recent stories about America’s underpaid workers and the effort to give them a break remind me just how much more we need to talk about class warfare, and propaganda, and economics…but most of all, what’s going on at dinner tables around the country. (That’s the point of The Restless Project.) [Keep reading]
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