Psychology of Money

Top 10 excuses why you aren’t saving money

I have said every single one of these things. Read on and weep.

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How to appear financially literate at a dinner party

Dinner parties are stressful occasions. Sure, some of the people there are your good friends who forgive the occasional faux pas and ignore your blatantly hyperbolic statements. The stress comes from the lurking risk of an expert, or someone who won’t let your outlandish claims fly by

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Interesting statistics on Gen Y and money

Recently Veda Advantage and Habbo Research of Australia did a survey on Generation Y and saving money.

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How to be skint but still appear rich

I’m always envious of those people who always seem to have enough. They have enough time, enough money, enough to satisfy their basic needs and more. They’re never flashy but always seem, somehow, to be rich.
We all know people like it, and in my experience, rarely are they the people who earn lots of money. [...]

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What has the GFC done to our savings?

I find this a hard article to write, as I feel this is one instance where I will have to choose between two men I love; Ken Henry and Ross Garnuat. On a normal day, if you asked me to choose between the two, I couldn’t. But today, debating the real effect the GFC has [...]

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Has the cost of living really increased?

Back in the day, a Snickers Bar used to be 10 cents. 10 cents I tell you. Now, kids these days spend $2, $3 or $4 on a chocolate bar! How is anyone meant to afford that?
Back in the day, a cinema ticket used to be a pittance. You could see a matinee with John [...]

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