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How consumerism has gone through "spend shift"
Jan 1, 2011
In the wake of the Great Recession, the American consumer has learned to be more price-conscious and selective about purchases. Co-author John Gerzema explains his theory of a "spend shift."
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Question: How has people's wealth changed?
Dec 25, 2010
With the fall of the stock market and the Great Recession, everyone from the very wealthy to the not-wealthy felt losses. How much were people really affected? Ted Klontz and Robert Frank discuss with Tess Vigeland.
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How perception affects our sense of wealth, and taxes
Dec 25, 2010
How we each individually live our lives often depends on how we see our peers live their lives. For people making $250,000 a year, or the top 2 percent income in the country, that means probably surrounding themselves with even richer people. And that's why there was a debate over taxes, says the New Yorker's James Surowiecki.
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Question: What makes us feel wealthy?
Dec 25, 2010
In a second question posed to financial psychologist Ted Klontz and the Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank, Tess Vigeland asks what it is that makes people feel wealthy. It turns out, the fact that many don't believe they're rich may be the problem.
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Burdens of wealth
Dec 24, 2010
With money comes a lot of responsibility, and that's what many have learned the hard way. Depending on how you got rich also seems to play a role in how you handle it. Mitchell Hartman reports.
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Question: Is $250,000 rich?
Dec 24, 2010
The number of $250,000 a year has been thrown around by politicians as being "wealthy" and "rich." But is it really? Tess Vigeland talks to financial psychologist Ted Klontz and the Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank about wealth in America.
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For search engines, there's nothing new about a New Year
Dec 23, 2010
Many of us will greet the New Year with champagne and a new set of resolutions for 2011. Some resolutions are specific to the times: get out of...
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When your life mirrors a reality show about debt
Dec 11, 2010
Your work becomes a big part of your life, to say the least. But what happens when your life starts reflecting your work -- and your work is on a reality show about people who have accumulated too much debt? Sean Cole goes behind the scenes.
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What's your financial resolution for 2011?
Dec 4, 2010
Father Time is marching toward 2011 so we want to hear what the New Year is going to mean for your wallet, bank account, or retirement fund....
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Are consumers really abstaining from credit cards?
Nov 27, 2010
As we come across another holiday season, a new study reveals that consumers plan on holding back from using credit cards. Is this really true? Nancy Marshall Genzer investigates.
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