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Posted in Budgeting, Money and Relationships on May 8th, 2008
I’ve mentioned before that M and I are getting married pretty soon (two and a half weeks!) and one of the things that we’ll be doing that is relevant to this site and to personal finance is joining our bank accounts. We’ve already created a joint ING account that simply shows up via both of […]
I just got back from the beautiful island of Aruba (that’s a picture from our room) and I learned a few things about myself and about money on the trip. Aruba is a tourist destination and earns more than half its GDP thanks to it. It’s because of this that things are so expensive if […]
Posted in Happiness on Feb 12th, 2008
A recent study shows that people are willing to spend more on a given product when they are sad and focused on themselves. From the study:
Sadness leads people to become more focused on themselves, causing the person to feel that they and their possessions are worth little. That feeling increases willingness to pay more—presumably to […]
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