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Highlights |
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Family Finance Lessons of the Budget Battle in Washington, Time Magazine [web] |
Webcast on Tightwads and Spendthrifts, National Science Foundation [web] |
I Say Spend. You Say No. We're in Love, The New York Times [web] |
Squawk on the Street Interview, CNBC [web] |
Cheapskates, National Public Radio [web] |
Making of a Miser: Nature vs. Nurture, Wall Street Journal [pdf] |
Neuromarketing Careers, Science [pdf] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts |
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Spending Problem? Blame It On Your Brain Financial Post [web] [ reprint by The Vancouver Sun] |
Can Spenders Ever Invest Well? Bankrate.com [web] |
Using Behavioral Economics, Psychology, and Neuroeconomics to Maximize Sales, Shopify [web] |
Don't Punish Yourself Every Time You Spend, The New York Times [web] |
Try to Be a Little More Zen About Spending Money on Important Things, Jezebel [web] |
Expense-Account Tightwads Take the Road Less Expensive, Wall Street Journal [web] |
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Appearance on "It's Hot in Here", WCBN Ann Arbor [web] |
Life's Extremes: Tightwads vs. Spendthrifts, LiveScience [web] |
A Nation Full of Tightwads, AARP Bulletin [web] |
Financial Biological Determinism, The Atlantic [web] |
Being Frugal May Be More Genetic Than Learned, Miller-McCune [web] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts: A Black Friday Tradition, Science Daily [web] |
Black Friday: The Science of Tightwads and Spendthrifts, ABC News [web] |
Spendthrifts and Tightwads Are Unhappy, Big Think [web] |
Neither a Tightwad Nor a Spendthrift Be, Smithsonian Magazine [web] |
Spendthrifts, Tightwads, Equally Unhappy, Discovery News [web] [ reprint by MSNBC] |
Even Tightwads Cut Loose for Holiday Gift-Giving, LiveScience [web] |
Tightwads & Spendthrifts: What Factors Make You Shop the Way You Do? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [web] |
It's True: We Shop Till it Hurts, Time Magazine [web] |
Webcast on Tightwads and Spendthrifts, National Science Foundation [web] |
The Wisdom of Thrift, Ode Magazine [pdf] |
Field Guide to the Tightwad, Psychology Today [pdf] |
The State of Our Unions, The National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia [pdf] |
Learning to Spend (a Little) More, Wall Street Journal [web] |
Save $656 This Month (At Least!), SELF Magazine [web] |
Born Cheap, New York Magazine [web] |
Holding Money Tightly May Choke Off Happiness, The Chicago Tribune [pdf] |
The Conversation, NPR-Seattle [web] |
Latest Threat is Thrift, The Philadelphia Inquirer [pdf] |
Frugal or Cheap? Toronto Star [web] |
What's Your Spending M.O.? The Oregonian [pdf] |
Cheapskates, National Public Radio [web] |
Americans' Buying Impulse Has Dimmed, At Least For Now, The Columbus Dispatch [pdf] |
Making of a Miser: Nature vs. Nurture, Wall Street Journal [pdf] |
Generation Debt, Metro Santa Cruz [pdf] |
Behind the Urge to Buy, Minnesota Public Radio [web] |
Postings, The New York Times [web] |
Can You Trust Someone Like You? The New York Times [pdf] |
Tightwads v. Spendthrifts, The New York Times [pdf] |
Hold on to your Wallets: Tightwads Outnumber Spendthrifts, Study Says, CBC News [pdf] |
Consumer Researchers Find Frugality Not a Spent Force, The Washington Times [pdf] |
What Makes a Tightwad? The Globe and Mail [pdf] |
Got a Stingy Friend? Spending May Cause Them Pain, Reuters [pdf] |
Tightwads Loosen Up; You're Not Alone, WebMD [pdf] |
Tightwads Outnumber Spendthrifts: Spending Can Be a Pain to Some, Science Daily [pdf] |
A Penny Saved is a Penny Spent, Newsweek and The Daily Beast [web] |
Consumers Can Use Research to their Advantage, Los Angeles Times [web] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts, The Times of UK [pdf] |
Design of Desire, American Radio Works [web] |
Learn about your Tightwad Customers, The Globe and Mail [web] |
Email of the Day, The Atlantic [web] |
Buying Pain, The Atlantic [web] |
Tightwads, Spendthrifts, and Everyone Else, NeuroscienceMarketing.com [web] |
Are You a Tightwad or a Spendthrift? And What Does This Mean for Retailers? Knowledge@Wharton [pdf] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts, The New York Times [pdf] |
Money and Marriage |
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What To Do When Financial Opposites Attract, Huffington Post [web] [ reprint by The Street] |
Let's Talk about Money, Honey, The Chicago Tribune [web] |
When Couples' Spending Habits Clash, Yahoo! Finance [web] |
A Balancing Act, The Family Institute at Northwestern University [pdf] |
Quote/Unquote, Ross Dividend Alumni Magazine [pdf] |
English Language Learners Discuss Love and Happiness, The New York Times [web] |
Marrying Your Financial Opposite: A Fatal Attraction? The Baltimore Sun [web] [ reprint by Los Angeles Times] [ reprint by RedEye Chicago] |
Six Steps to Keeping Financial Problems at Bay in Your Relationship, eHarmony Labs [web] |
Family Finance Lessons of the Budget Battle in Washington, Time Magazine [web] |
Holiday Weekend Forecast: Plenty of Squabbling, The Globe and Mail [web] |
How to Keep Cash from Coming Between You, Redbook [web] |
Money, Marriage and Kids, Pregnancy.org [web] |
Research Roundup, Knowledge@Wharton [web] |
How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Your Spouse and Money, Yahoo! Shine [web] |
Don't Fight Over Money, Consumer Reports Money Adviser [web] |
Money Tip: How to Make Your Relationship Work, Financially Speaking, The Seattle Times [web] |
Three Ways to Nip Your Money Differences in the Bud, Redbook [web] |
Finding Your Financial Harmony, The Chicago Tribune [web] |
Love and Money: When Tightwads Meet Spendthrifts, Credit.com [web] |
Five Sources of Financial Friction for Couples, Kiplinger [web] |
Money and Marriage: Town Hall Discussion on CBS Early Show, Farnoosh Torabi [web] |
Stop Fighting over Money: 4 Talks to Have Before Marriage, CBS MoneyWatch [web] |
Love and Money: He Spends, She Saves, They Fight, CBS MoneyWatch [web] |
Fatal Attraction, MoneySense Magazine [web] |
Getting Married? Ten Money Tips, The Globe and Mail [web] |
Why Spendthrifts and Tightwads Marry—and What to Do When They Do, Vanguard [web] |
Fatal Attraction: Tightwads and Spendthrifts Tend to Marry, Michigan Alumnus Magazine [pdf] |
Checkmates: Couples Share Money Strategies, The Miami Herald [pdf] |
Money Talks. At Least to Lovers, ABC News [web] |
Love to Spend? Your Best Match Should, Too, Recessionwire [web] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Tend to Marry, University of Michigan Study Finds, AnnArbor.com [web] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts Attract, Marry, Fight, FOX News [web] |
Are You Married to Your Financial Opposite? CNN Money [web] |
Tightwad Hearts Spendthrift: When Financial Opposites Attract, Wall Street Journal [web] |
Weekly Review (Reference 21), Harper's Magazine [web] |
Are You a Spendthrift or a Tightwad? (How About Your Spouse?), Real Simple [web] |
What Are We Fighting Over When We Fight Over Money? The New York Times [web] |
It's Probably For the Best that Scrooge Ditched His Girlfriend, Jezebel [web] |
I Say Spend. You Say No. We're in Love, The New York Times [web] |
Love and Money, The Washington Post [web] |
In Love and Money, Opposites Attract, The New York Times [web] |
Squawk on the Street Interview, CNBC [web] |
Study: Opposite Financial Habits Attract, Marketplace [web] |
The US and China are Secretly in Love, Marketplace (Scratch Pad) [pdf] |
Big Spenders Tend to Marry Big Savers, Researchers Find, Reuters [web] |
Tightwads and Spendthrifts: I Do, You Don't, CNN [pdf] |
When Spendthrifts Date Tightwads, Attraction Happens, St. Louis Today [web] |
Opposites Attract: Tightwads Marry Spendthrifts, The Baltimore Sun [web] |
Can You Survive a Fatal Fiscal Attraction? The Oregonian [pdf] |
Debt Management |
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Interest Rate, not Balance, Matters The Columbus Dispatch [web] |
Why Is It So Hard to Get Out of Debt? NerdWallet [web] |
How to Pay Down Debt, FOX Business [web] |
Why Your Credit-Card Debt Won't Die, Kiplinger [web] |
How to Prioritize Your Debt Payments, Veterans United Network [web] |
Why We Make the Financially Wrong Choice When Paying Off Debts, CreditCards.com [web] [ reprint by Yahoo! Finance] [ reprint by FOX Business] |
Which Credit Card Would Mr. Spock Pay Off First? CreditCards.com [web] |
Debt Management Psychology Hurts Consumers, United Press International [web] |
If You Resolve to Pay Off Credit Cards This Year, Do It Right, The Baltimore Sun [web] [ reprint by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] [ reprint by The Seattle Times] |
First Person: Paying Off My Smallest Debts First Cost Me, Yahoo! Finance [web] |
Should You Tackle Your Small or Large Debts First? The Globe and Mail [web] |
Why Capping Credit-Card Rates Won't Help Consumers, MarketWatch [web] [ reprint by SmartMoney] [ reprint by Fidelity] |
A Better Way to Pay Off Debts, Time Magazine [web] |
New Research Study Debunks Popular Method of Paying Off Consumer Debt, Financial Advisor Magazine [web] |
Actually, Paying Off Your Smallest Debt First is a Bad Idea, Business Insider [web] [ reprint by Yahoo! Finance] |
Debt and Decision-Making: Where Intuition Leads Us Wrong, NerdWallet [web] |
People Make Mistakes When Paying Cards, Financial Security Project at Boston College [web] |
Which Debt Do You Pay Down First? Whichever Keeps You Going, The Oregonian [web] |
Five Tips on Paying Down Multiple Debts, The Oregonian [web] |
The Best Way to Pay Off Debt, MSN Money [web] |
Are You Paying Down Debt the Wrong Way? SmartMoney [web] |
Why You Should Ignore Your Instincts When Paying Your Bills, AOL DailyFinance [web] |
Psychology Colors Debt Management, United Press International [web] |
New Study Finds Consumers Lack Good Strategies to Reduce Debt, Olin News (WUSTL) [web] [ reprint by Yahoo! News] |
Surprising Ways to Boost Your Finances, Yahoo! Finance [pdf] |
The Pain of Paying |
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Why Black Friday is a Behavioral Economist's Nightmare, New York Magazine [web] |
The Way We Spend Impacts How We Spend, Psychology Today [web] |
The Neuroscience of Groupon, Wired [web] |
Third Quarter Trend Report: Learning What Motivates Shoppers, Advertising Age [pdf] |
When Being Frugal Becomes an Obsession, CreditCards.com [web] [ reprint by Today] [ reprint by FOX Business] |
Psychology of Consumption, Michigan Alumnus Magazine [pdf] |
When Using Plastic, Consumers Spend More, Credit.com [web] |
Nine Ways to Outsmart Yourself and Maybe Spend Less, Vanguard [web] |
Consumer Confidence Index Up Third Straight Month, The Philadelphia Inquirer [pdf] |
High Price Makes Wine Taste Better, The Times of UK [pdf] |
Is There a Reason You Shop the Way You Do? NBC Nightly News [web] |
Your Brain on Gucci, The Globe and Mail [pdf] |
Pain, Pleasure and Spending, New York Daily News [pdf] |
Interview with Jean Chatzky, Oprah & Friends Radio [pdf] |
From MBAs to Mind Readers, BusinessWeek [pdf] |
Is My Brain Making Me Buy Things I Don't Need? TLC Family [web] |
The Situational Character Goes to the Mall, The Situationist [web] |
It's Science: The Brains of Spendthrifts Function Differently Than Tightwads, The Consumerist [web] |
The Brain: Marketing to Your Mind, Time Magazine [web] |
Shop till your Dopamine Drops, The Economist (Free Exchange) [web] |
The Voices in My Head Say 'Buy It!' Why Argue? The New York Times [pdf] |
Spend 'Til it Hurts: Researching the Pain of Paying, Carnegie Mellon Homepage Stories [pdf] |
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Wired [web] |
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Scientific American [web] |
This Is Your Brain On Shopping, Forbes [pdf] |
Shopping Urges 'Spotted in Brain', BBC News [web] |
When Your Brain Goes Shopping, Science NOW [web] |
The Imbibing Idiot Bias |
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Holding a Drink Makes You Look Dumb, The Boston Globe [web] |
The Glass is Half Held-Against-You, Improbable Research [web] |
Job Search Tip: Don't Drink at the Interview!, Psychology Today [web] |
Opinions Overflow in Debate on Dinner-Interview Drinking, The Sacramento Bee [web] |
Cheers! New York Post [web] |
Death of Mad Men-style Boozy Lunch As Office Drinkers Considered 'Less Intelligent' Daily Mail [web] |
The Boredom of Boozeless Business, The Economist [web] |
Can Mountain Dew Make You Smarter than Pinot Noir? NeuroscienceMarketing.com [web] |
Cin cin! The Economist [web] |
Proof: Alcohol Makes You (Look) Dumb, Forbes [web] |
B-School Research Briefs, Bloomberg Businessweek [web] |
Whacky Research on Booze Bias, The Economic Times [web] |
Research Roundup, Knowledge@Wharton [web] |
Wine is not Winsome, Hindustan Times [web] |
Poem of the Week: Imbibing Idiot Bias, The Weekly Poem [web] |
The Most Sophisticated Drink is No Drink, The Globe and Mail [web] |
Holding a Drink Makes You Look Stupid, The Independent [web] |
Beware Your Beverage, Scientific American Mind [web] |
Quote/Unquote, Ross Dividend Alumni Magazine [pdf] |
Power Points: This Week's Productivity Tips, The Globe and Mail [web] |
No, Not Tonight Man. I Gotta Look Smart, The Stanford Daily [web] |
Does Holding a Beer Make You Look Dumb? The Atlantic [web] |
Sorry Bros: Holding Alcohol Makes People Think You're Dumber, Time Magazine [web] |
Just Holding a Drink Makes You Seem Dumb, Study Says, AOL News [web] |
Consumer Corner: Drinking and Informal Job Interviews Don't Mix, United Press International [web] |
Skip The Drink Over Dinner When Interviewing for Jobs, Crain's Detroit Business [web] |
Raise a Glass to Lust and Liquor at Work, Financial Times [pdf] |
Don't Drink, Even if the Boss Does, Toronto Star [pdf] |
Your Potential Boss May Order a Drink, But You Shouldn't, Marketplace [pdf] |
UM Research: Think Before You Drink During Job Interview, CBS Detroit [web] |
Advice to U.S. Job Seekers: Drop the Merlot, Reuters [pdf] [ reprint by New York Daily News] |
In Job Interviews, What You Drink May be Seen as How You Think, The Globe and Mail [web] |
Hazard of Ordering that Merlot When the Boss Does so First Extends Well Beyond the Risk of Getting Tipsy, Academy of Management [web] |
Do Your Co-Workers Think You're a Drunken Idiot? CBS MoneyWatch [web] |
The Endowment Effect |
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What's Mine is Mine, Science Daily [web] |
Parting's Sweet Sorrow, Science NOW [web] |
Why it Hurts to Sell Your Stuff, Nature News [pdf] |
Retail Therapy |
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First Person: I Believe in the Power of Retail Therapy, Yahoo! Finance [web] |
The Best Excuse for Hitting the Mall, Women's Health Magazine [pdf] |
Retail Therapy Could Boost Your Mood: Study Justifies The 4 Pairs of Shoes You Just Bought, The Consumerist [web] |
Study: Retail Therapy Does Impact Our Mood, AOL On News [web] |
Does Retail Therapy Actually Work? LearnVest [web] |
Shop 'Til You Drop: Retail Therapy Works, CNBC [web] [ reprint by Yahoo! Finance] |
Study Finds 'Retail Therapy' Actually Works, DailyFinance [web] |
Researchers Discover That When You're Depressed, Stuffing Yourself or Buying Something Makes You Happier, Forbes [web] |
University of Michigan Researchers Say 'Retail Therapy' Actually Helps Combat Sadness, Michigan Radio [web] |
Feeling Blue? Go Buy Some Stuff, Harvard Business Review Morning Advantage [web] |
U-M Study: Retail Therapy Really Works, CBS Detroit [web] |
Shopping Can Ward Off the Blues, U-M Study Finds, Detroit Free Press [web] |
Other Topics |
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How the Holstee Manifesto Became the New 'Just Do It', The Washington Post [web] |
The Best Way to Go Shopping: With a Smile, The Atlantic [web] |
Is Economic Success All in the Family? The Miami Herald [pdf] |
Romance between Democrats and Republicans: Is it possible? The Wharton Journal [pdf] |
Neuromarketing Could Make Mind Reading the Ad-Man's Ultimate Tool, The Guardian [pdf] |
Neuromarketing Careers, Science [pdf] |