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employment income

Protests in Madison, Wisconsin (USA) would otherwise appear to be a home-grown, Tea-Partyish type of movement (indeed, Tea Partiers were a large contingent protesting in support of the bill) were it not for the past two weeks of protests that appear to be spreading (if not necessarily “escalating”) throughout much of the Middle East, and [...]

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It’s bad enough to initially depend on just one source of income, but it’s even worse to not invest it or diversify it such that you protect it over time.  In other words, there is more than one way to diversify your income.
(1) You can diversify your sources of income so that you have, say, [...]

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Welcome to the 59th edition of the Best of Money Carnival!  This is a traveling personal finance carnival that doesn’t merely list good personal finance articles around the web, but tries to rank them and pick a winner. 
This week saw 59 submissions, from which I was able to select a good 26 or so – [...]

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We hear enough about reasons why it might be good to do a graduate degree.  Heck, we don’t even need to hear the reasons anymore because they are so ingrained in the discourse of college and early career-building phases themselves.
But how often do you see meetings, books, or announcements about the reasons you should not [...]

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If it simplifies your life to put your bills and savings on autopayment, wouldn’t it make your life even simpler if you could also put your income on autopayment?  I know you probably already receive your paycheck through direct deposit, and in that sense your pay is “automatic,” but what if you could also automate [...]

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Anyone who’s ever lived solely off part-time work, contracting, scholarships, royalties, freelance or other means of self-employment knows what it’s like to not receive a steady paycheck.  You might be financially free by definition, but you still might not be bringing in a steady paycheck.  Royalties from books through a traditional publisher might only reach [...]

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