http://dir.salon.com/topics/money/?source=rss&aim=money en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT By Heather Havrilesky Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/05/10/madoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/05/10/madoff/index.html?source=rss Would you rather lose your memory or your money? HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project" and Frontline's "The Madoff Affair" unearth your worst nightmares. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/20/handyman/index.html?source=rss This guy in our neighborhood has it rough, but I need to maintain clear boundaries By Amanda Fortini Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/26/death_macho/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/26/death_macho/index.html?source=rss With huge numbers of men pushed out of the workplace, are we experiencing the death of macho? By Amy Reiter Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/27/pinched_reiter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/27/pinched_reiter/index.html?source=rss To reduce my household budget, I had to stare down my fears and ask the 99-cent store guy for a discount. By Robert Reich Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/reich_optimism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/13/reich_optimism/index.html?source=rss It probably isn't even the end of the beginning of the recession. We can't wish the economy back to health. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/14/rich_young_and_single/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/14/rich_young_and_single/index.html?source=rss My girlfriend doesn't know the value of a hard-earned dollar By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/30/boyfriend_is_bad_with_money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/30/boyfriend_is_bad_with_money/index.html?source=rss He gets the utilities cut off. He doesn't file his taxes. And he's living with me! By Amy Benfer Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/16/student_loans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/16/student_loans/index.html?source=rss College loans shouldn't create a class of the "educated poor" By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/12/past_regrets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/12/past_regrets/index.html?source=rss I'm 38, still single, in a one-bedroom, trapped in debt. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/29/forgiveness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/29/forgiveness/index.html?source=rss I was fired and I'm making restitution, but I'm dying of shame. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/28/creative_husband/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/28/creative_husband/index.html?source=rss We're going bankrupt and losing our house because he refuses to take a job. By Robert Lanham Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/13/last_hurrah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/13/last_hurrah/index.html?source=rss My job prospects were diminishing, the economy was convulsing, but I said "screw it" -- and took a vacation I couldn't afford. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/30/scavengers_manifesto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/30/scavengers_manifesto/index.html?source=rss An adventure in the thrifty, nifty world of die-hard scavenging, where you won't believe what you can find if you just know where to look. By Jim Rich Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/24/underground_poker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/24/underground_poker/index.html?source=rss Inside New York's underground poker scene, where no one thinks about the recession, or their rent money, when there's a good hand to be played. By Mike Madden Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/24/geithner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/03/24/geithner/index.html?source=rss President Obama figures out the key to selling his economic policies: Hide Tim Geithner. By Joe Conason Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/23/big_clawback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/23/big_clawback/index.html?source=rss It's time to reform offshore banking, and see what untaxed wealth big business is hiding in overseas tax shelters. Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/16/pinched_map/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/16/pinched_map/index.html?source=rss Salon's recession series zooms in on our new financial reality with a clickable map of personal stories about life in uncertain times. By Rosecrans Baldwin Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/16/in_laws/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/16/in_laws/index.html?source=rss In a rotten economy, more adults are showing up on their parents' doorstep. I just never thought my wife and I would be among them. By Judith Levine Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/25/thrift_levine/index.html?source=rss The downturn is giving us new excuses for moral flagellation. But saving money won't save your soul. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/20/student_loans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/20/student_loans/index.html?source=rss He took out loans for my education and spent it on bills. By Geneen Roth Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/07/madoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/01/07/madoff/index.html?source=rss The financial guru's Ponzi scheme cost me 30 years of retirement savings. How could he do this to me -- and why did I let him? By Amy Reiter Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/03/401k/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/03/401k/index.html?source=rss Everything you ever wanted to know about your 401K -- but didn't know how to ask. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/01/finances/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/12/01/finances/index.html?source=rss I can't get up the nerve to tell my husband just how much money we've lost. By Louis Bayard Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/28/payback/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/10/28/payback/index.html?source=rss Margaret Atwood talks about the perils of debt -- and imagines a utopian future without greed. By Cary Tennis Sun, 10 May 2009 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/20/dreamers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/20/dreamers/index.html?source=rss I was a self-made stockbroker nailed by 9/11. Then I got into mortgages and it happened again!