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Grocery Store Mysteries: Cheap Milk

We ran out of milk this evening, so I made an emergency trip to the grocery store to buy more. Generally we purchase a half gallon of one-percent, which lasts us about a week. When I went to grab the...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: food, frugality, funny money, real-life
Round & Round: Capitalist Propaganda from 1939

Here’s a short-film produced by General Motors in 1939 called “Round & Round”. It’s a brief look at the free market system. It feels like it was produced for...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: basics, economics, funny money
Ask the Readers: What If Somebody You Know Steals Your Identity?

Recently in the Get Rich Slowly discussion forums, SouthernGent posted a perplexing problem. Here’s his story:My wife and I have been debt-free for over three years now, meaning no credit...

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Tags: ask the readers, odds and ends, relationships, credit report
Saving and Investing: An Introduction to Stock Valuation

April is Financial Literacy Month, during which Get Rich Slowly is exploring the fundamentals of personal finance. I don’t know much about stocks. I’ve read some books about traders (Den...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: basics, investing
Secrets of the Extremely Thrifty

Yesterday Adam at Lifehacker unearthed a Bankrate article in which extreme savers share their secrets. While the tips profiled in this story aren’t as radical as some I’ve shared,...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: frugality, money hacks
Daily Links: Most Inspiring Edition

Congrats to my colleagues JLP and Jonathan. The latest issue of Money magazine named JLP’s All Financial Matters as the most sensible money blog, writing, “In a scary market, his sober...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: spare change
What Would Warren Buffett Do?

You folks have been sending me a lot of Warren Buffett stuff lately. I appreciate it. Buffett is one of my financial heroes, and I love to soak up his advice. Because I don’t have room to...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: education, gurus, investing
6 Tips for Landing Your Dream Job

This is a guest post from Alexandra Levit. Alexandra writes Water Cooler Wisdom, a career advice blog. Her new book, How’d You Score That Gig? A Guide to the Coolest Careers — and How To Get...

Started in Get Rich Slowly • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: career, water cooler
Daily Links: My Favorite Stories from the Past Two Years

To celebrate the second anniversary of Get Rich Slowly, I thought I’d do something a little different with my links round-up. Rather than share new finds from around the web, I’m going to...

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Tags: spare change
Get Rich Slowly!

Today is the second anniversary of Get Rich Slowly. In celebration, I’m reprinting this revised version of the article that started it all, a l-o-n-g post from my personal blog dated 26 April...

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Tags: basics, books
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