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Do-it-yourself retirement v a plan that guarantees income for years

Helaine Olen: A new idea in California could wrest retirement away from the financial industry and guarantee security for generations at risk
Student debt: owe young, live old

Student debt and dead-end jobs have put many young Americans in dire circumstances outside their own control
How many lattes to freedom?

Helaine Olen: Cutting back on minor expenses won't save you much in a country where luxuries are cheap and necessities expensive
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What do you want to know about life on $8.25 an hour at Walmart?

Willio Lacomme: For me, there's no good day. I'm a part-time employee, although I often work close to 40 hours a week and don't get benefits
Live Q&A: Investing well in an uncertain market

Heidi Moore will chat live with Nicholas Olesen of the Philadelphia Group about smart investing and the state of the markets on Monday, 9 September

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Q&A: Is now the time to buy a home?

15 Aug 2013:
Join a panel of experts on Thursday, August 15 at 4pm ET for a one-hour live web chat about the state of the US housing market and advice on buying, selling or refinancing your home
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Experience: I was a bartender in Antarctica

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President Obama's Amazon jobs pitch is hard to buy with one click

6 Aug 2013:
Weak job growth, low pay and Amazon's hypocrisy undermine the administration's story about new opportunities
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Making capitalism out of lemons

1 Aug 2013:
Today's discerning parents insist lemonade stands teach children lessons about capitalism – can't we all just have fun?

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What it's like to live on minimum wage in the US

Heidi Moore chatted with Marlen Bodden of the Legal Aid Society about how minimum wage can define her clients' lives

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The curse of student loan debt

'The economy as a whole is largely being run on debt and the interest from debt, and largely benefits the lenders of money [debt] and the people who manage this debt for them.'
cjno1

Our math skills caused the crisis?

'I think everyone needs to share some responsibility. Just because a bank offers you a loan, doesn't mean it's a good idea for you to take it. You need to individually work out whether you can afford that loan too.'
SueS

Room service and luxury no more

'What's expensive is in the US is (legal) human labor. That's why hotels don't have room service anymore. It's also why health care and education are so expensive'

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