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Meet a Reader | Megan from California

The Frugal Girl

Tell us a little about yourself Iā€™m 40 years old, married with two sons who are 11 and 7 years old. We bought our house in March 2009, during some of the worst of the recession and the housing bubble bursting. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents? So, here’s Megan! Not really.

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Alternatives to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still ā€“ when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? I graduated from State U with a liberal arts degree in the early 1970s ā€“ when there was a world wide recession followed by stagflation. What are the alternatives?

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