Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 8, 2014

With the rash of data breaches at some of the major retailers in the past years, consumers are becoming more wary of flashing their debit and credit cards at brick and mortar stores when they could be using cash. In 2008-2009 when we had the credit crunch and recession, there was at least one day when stores were not accepting credit.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

billion on consumer electronics. No wonder we had a recession! If you find an article that you would like included, please email it to me at prairieecothrifter (at) gmail (dot) com. Canadians Spend Big on Electronics in 2010 - apparently as a nation we spent a total of $11.5 And get this; this was 1.1%

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Documentary Recession Electronics Son 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 30, 2013

We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn. Anthony Mirhaydari from MSN Money in an article Bull market or prelude to a bust? I’d rather buy stocks at a lower price and sell them at a higher one if I can. Is The Bull Market About To Deflate?

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Economy Money Recession Real Estate 187

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. is based on a Billshrink.com article – Dining on a budget. This post was written by Marie. . We were so poor that we re-used coffee grounds to make more coffee! Both are based on an average savings of $5.86

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Home and Garden Cars Car Re-use 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Some researchers, according to the article, believe that giving derives from an evolutionary success story. The article reports that: “Those who had certain variants of a gene called “AVPR1a” gave an average of nearly 50 percent more money than those not displaying that variant.

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Gifts Holiday Giving Friends And Family Sale 189

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Personal Finance Whiz: Keynesian vs Hayekian Economics – The Solution To Our Recession? Smart on Money: Consumers May Have Won This Round, But the Bank Fee War Is Far From Over – It’s true that consumers appear to have won a battle against bank fees, at least for now. – Two economic giants square off.

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November 2011 Personal Finance Finance 188

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 13, 2015

Frugal living helped our budget survive two babies, one recession, four moves and countless emergency expenses. The second is that my “me-time” has been slowly consumed by a husband who works long hours, two little boys, neighborhood activities, school, sports and this blog. The first is that I love saving money.

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