Graphic designers from the nonprofit group Design for Democracy propose a standard display form for credit card interest and fees, similar to the standard nutrition information printed on U.S. food packaging. Compared to the current fine print and deliberate obfuscation on fee statements, theirs would be a great improvement.
This would be a good addition to [...]
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Credit Card Clarity
Monday, July 13th, 2009 by Ken Kaye
3 Secrets of Good ADHD Money Management
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 by johnsup
You can learn personal money management through books, seminars and classes. Unfortunately, even when they teach personal money management, nothing is said about ADHD money management.
Budgeting in the City
Monday, June 15th, 2009 by Nick Kaye
It’s no surprise to read in today’s Times that New York City’s economy has been hit hard by recession-reduced subsidy checks from parents to 20-somethings.
Parents whose money helped fuel one of the city’s most radical gentrifications in recent years have stopped buying their children new luxury condos, subsidizing rents and providing cash to spend at [...]
Caught in the Safety Net
Monday, June 8th, 2009 by Attn:Money
Joyce Wadler writes in the New York Times (May 14): “When hard economic times force adults to move back into their parents’ homes, the move is rarely without tensions.”
Wadler’s article includes interviews with numerous individuals and couples well into their 30s, some with young children.
According to the Census Bureau, as of last year there were [...]