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Scarcity – The Good and the Bad

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” For instance, when someone is financially stressed, they claim, it can cause them to make bad financial choices, such as postponing opening a bill, hoping it will go away and then paying it late and suffering late fees or taking out a payday loan instead of finding a cheaper alternative to get access to the funding.

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Are You Middle Class?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Although that probably wasn’t true, by the numbers, it was true for us psychologically. ” A Wall Street Journal poll found that respondents with earnings between 30,000 and $100,000 all said that their income level was middle class. Maybe that is why our credit card bills are so high! And then there is the media.

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