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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling).

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

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Personal Finance Whiz: Keynesian vs Hayekian Economics – The Solution To Our Recession? – Two economic giants square off. They pulled us out of The Great Depression, but do they have any wisdom to offer us in our current economic situation? Related posts: Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition.

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Reviewing The World’s Landfills – A Future Fictional Business Plan Excerpt

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In the early 21 st century, increasing world population, growing use of non-decomposable plastics, the westernization of the Asian continent and several world economic crisis cycles all contributed to increasing numbers of landfill operations throughout the world – mostly containing petroleum based plastic products. ArchTrashOlogists, Inc.

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Walmart’s Christmas Price Guarantee!

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25, 2011, and then finds that same product advertised for less at another store, Walmart will give the customer a gift card for the difference through Dec. With Home Free, customers can ship any apparel and consumables order over $45 for free direct to their home. Guaranteed! 1 through Dec.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn. In 2010 and 2011 I did get a lot of it re-invested, even though it was rising the whole time. Therefore, what I am now trying to do, as I did back in 2010 and 2011, is to hedge my bet. So, who do you believe?

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