The Essential Personal Finance Bookshelf

Over the last two years, I’ve reviewed in detail more than a hundred (actually approaching two hundred) personal finance and personal productivity books on The Simple Dollar. Surely I had to be building up quite a library, right? Not quite.

Holding a Monthly Family Financial Meeting

Prior to our financial meltdown, my wife and I simply never sat down and talked about our finances. Right after our meltdown, we talked about things almost every day.

What I’m Doing With My Economic Stimulus Check

Over the last few weeks, several readers have written in asking me what I’m going to do with my economic stimulus check, perhaps in hopes that it would give them some idea as to what to do with it.

Taking a Deeper Look at Wants Versus Needs

I believe that many of the personal finance problems that people face are due to a confusion between wants and needs.