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A new study purports to find that scarcity of women turns dudes into spendthrifts. So should sex ratio be a new economic indicator? More »
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According to a survey by ING Direct, only 3.7% of people think frugality is "sexy." And women were more likely to find penny-pinching "stingy," and less likely to deem it "smart." Time to bling out your dating profile, dudes. More »
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According to a survey, more women than men are cutting back on "optional expenses" like clothes, restaurant meals, and vacations. So are women better at managing money, or do we "have more optional expenses to begin with?" [USNWR] More »
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Yesterday, while flipping through an issue of Departures as I enjoyed a pumpkin cupcake, I ran across the magazine's "Necessary Luxuries" column, in which various celebrated people confess what they couldn't live without. Most of them listed very high-minded stuff like family heirlooms, but it got me thinkin': in these straitened times of conspicuous asceticism, what are the non-essentials that are essential to our happiness? I mean, I'm ready to cut out restaurant meals, movies, nice tissues, cheap tissues, cable, or pro haircuts, but don't touch my expensive tampons. More »
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Despite the fact that my mom does wealth management and my brother is a bond trader, I am one of those people who does not "get" money. I know the economy is in the crapper and I can pay my bills on time and I know a bargain when I see one, but money is really a mystery to me. There was a time in my life where I was so broke I was afraid to leave the house because I'd work up an appetite and have to buy something to eat. There was time when I would eat a slice of eat pizza every day to "save money" on lunch and then, on the weekend, drown my sorrows in 4 or 5 $8 margaritas, wake up depressed and charge $200 Chanel sunglasses to cover my bloodshot eyes and cheer myself up. But reading the The NY Times story called "How To Treat A Money Disorder" made me realize there are all kinds of issues with cash: Overspending, underspending, serial borrowing, financial infidelity, workaholism, financial incest, financial enabling and hoarding. Money is not just money. It's pride, shame, guilt, stress, freedom and oppression. More »
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