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Psychology grads face below-average salaries: study
Reuters: U.S. graduates leaving university with a psychology degree face dim salary prospects when they enter the job market despite claims by employers of valuing a liberal arts education, according to a new study. “Face
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Will Psych Majors Make the Big Bucks?
A new crop of college graduates have just landed on the job market. Right now they’re probably just hoping to get any job, if at all. However, for psychology majors, the salary outlook in both
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The Case for Financial Procrastination
TIME: In our first TIME Moneyland post, we explore an issue we’ll return to a lot: the effect of framing and state of mind on financial choice. Framing is one of the aces in the
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When Properties Seem Priced to Spur a Bidding War
The New York Times: Despite the housing market slump, homes in some areas of the country are still selling above listing prices. In the Noe Valley area of San Francisco, where I live, for instance
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Parents in Denial When It Comes to Child Costs
Discovery News: New research suggests that people may exaggerate the perks of being parents to rationalize the financial costs of raising children. Two studies, featured in the journal Psychological Science, measured more than 140 parents’
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Why Having Kids Is Foolish
TIME: All parents know that having kids is a blessing — except when it’s a nightmare of screaming fits, diapers, runny noses, wars over bedtimes and homework and clothes. To say nothing of bills too
