Lessons learned from the great depression can help us all learn to better manage our money and households. Series of articles with learnings and advice from our grandparents.
Whenever I look at the news and CNBC I never really see anyone that’s defined themselves as a “financial weatherman.” We have our nightly news where our weatherman tries to predict what’s going to happen in next day to 5
On Friday, October 12, I got a frantic call from my wife at work. She was sobbing, and couldn’t hardly get any words out. Jen: “Charlie….I’m so sorry.” Charlie: “What happen? Did you get in an accident?” Jen: “No. Your
Have you heard the news lately that many weatherman are calling 2012 the year of the second Dust Bowl? The weather channel has even run an article on the comparison between 1930 vs 2012 dust bowls. When I went home
Living through the Great Depression was no small feat. People think that the recession of 2008 was bad, but people from our generation don’t know what it’s like to have 25% unemployment and families losing everything. The pain of the
My grandparents have had a huge financial impact on my life. Mainly for two reason, 1) they have been married for 71 years, and 2) they live frugal lifestyles because the impact that Great Depression has had on their life.
=I’m a huge fan of history, and particularly the study of the Great Depression. I love learning from the mistakes of our past to either prepare for the future or avoid making the same mistakes of our ancestors. My grandpa’s
Since we started ThreeThriftyGuys.com more than two years ago I’ve done a number of articles on the Great Depression. To name a few, “How people survived the Great Depression“, and “How the Great Depression Changed People.” All of these are
A couple months ago, I read an article called, “What the Great Depression Did That This Recession Won’t“. It’s a fascinating article comparing two of the biggest economic crisis’s of the last 100 years: the Great Depression and the recent
“In a poor economy, at any given moment people are more likely to have problems with self-control than otherwise — because there’s only so far their self-control energy can be stretched,” -Ms. Vohs, Professor of marketing at the University of
During the late 1920s, optimism was running high. People everywhere were getting into the stock market hoping they could follow the example of market barons like Livermore, Meehan and Durant who were making millions. Buying on margin was prevalent and
