Live on Less

Buying an old car is one of the few big purchases where someone else has already paid most of the price for you. When I went shopping for a car in Thailand, one ad said its Mercedes E-Class had sold new for more than 5 million baht (about US$149,000). Sixteen years later, the asking price … Read more

Keeping up with the Joneses is the most expensive habit most households never budget for. It doesn’t show up as a line item. It hides inside the car payment, the kitchen remodel, the kids’ sneakers and the vacation that had to look good online. And no spreadsheet can fix it, because the problem isn’t math. … Read more