We had one car until we needed two

by | Nov 11, 2023 | Personal EV Experience

This is the prologue, the tl;dr on why I’m writing about electric vehicle ownership in the first place. It was with great smugness that I sold my 10-year-old subcompact to a dealer in early 2022, at the height of the post-pandemic used car shortage and well...

The CFPB Isn’t What It Used to Be…

by | Mar 26, 2019 | Money Matters

…Thanks to its recently departed head, Mick Mulvaney. As a congressman, Mulvaney railed against the bureau’s very existence, and vowed as its appointed leader to soften its ostensibly anti-business edge. But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is...

Two Safety Nets for the Price of One

by | Jan 11, 2019 | Money Matters

According to recent reporting, about one in four Americans is underbanked, meaning they rely on expensive, potentially predatory financial products and services like payday loans and prepaid debit cards. Approximately 7% of Americans is totally unbanked. They’re...

You Need a Plan

by | Jan 7, 2019 | Money Matters

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m not much of a planner. I’m fortunate to live with someone who, among many other wonderful qualities, is an above-replacement planista. It’s not at all clear to me where I’d be without...