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What Should You Choose: Time or Money?
The New York Times: Given the choice between more time or more money, which would you pick? For a beach vacation, you might pay more for a direct flight to gain a couple of extra
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A bit of cash can keep someone off the streets for 2 years or more
Science: If someone is about to become homeless, giving them a single cash infusion, averaging about $1000, may be enough to keep them off the streets for at least 2 years. That’s the conclusion of
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Paying With Cash Hurts. That’s Also Why It Feels So Good.
The New York Times: Paying with cash is painful — and that’s a good thing, according to new research. When people pay for items using cold, hard cash rather than by card or online, they
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The Incalculable Value of Finding a Job You Love
The New York Times: Social scientists have been trying to identify the conditions most likely to promote satisfying human lives. Their findings give some important clues about choosing a career: Money matters, but as the
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Does being paid hourly vs. yearly change how you save?
PBS: The majority of all workers in the United States were paid hourly last year. Typically, hourly wage earners have low incomes and are vulnerable to economic shocks. So we wondered, does being paid hourly
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Even Small Children Are Less Helpful after Touching Money
Scientific American: Merely touching money has the power to alter our behavior. Money makes us more selfish, less helpful, and less generous towards others. One experiment, for example, had a pedestrian drop a bus pass
