My high-school history teacher refused to buy bananas. We thought he was crazy, but he didn’t care. “You don’t understand the conditions bananas are picked under,” he told us. “Those people are like slaves.” This was my introduction to “voting with dollars”. As part of the personal finance Question of the Day Marathon, Penny at [...]

Money and Values: Question of the Day, 8/28: Your Money and Your Values “Do you involve your values in your money decisions? If so, what are some examples? If not, why not?” (tags: pfblogs qotd money values) How do I find a great financial advisor? | Ask MetaFilter “How should I know that whoever is [...]

My wife and I love to eat. We also love to save money. Sometimes it’s difficult to reconcile these competing desires. I’ve written before about learning to eat more meals at home and how to find healthy food on an unhealthy budget. Recently, Bankrate posted an article called 10 Frugal Cooking Tips that Sizzle. Cooking [...]

Thrift, frugality, and investing are pursuits that cross political, religious, and social boundaries. Regardless of your ideology, sound personal finance habits can help you live a better life. There seem to be three distinct classes of personal finance books: Those with an overt religious-based foundation for thrift. Dave Ramsey bases the ideas in The Total [...]