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  • Location, location, location 
    House + Homes

    December 15, 2009 - 
    The age old adage to live within your means gets a home renovation-sized makeover in a new blog post.
  • How to haggle a bargain 
    Spend + Earn

    December 10, 2009 - 
    Haggling over a taxi fare in another country can be a tricky business - but an academic has come up with a formula that could help.
  • Is Christmas a time for giving? 
    Spend + Earn

    December 1, 2009 - 
    But an economist gives a different take on gifting for the holidays.
  • Trimming the turkey (consumption) 
    Spend + Earn

    November 26, 2009 - 
    A top economist is telling Americans to use chopsticks this Thanksgiving to cut bingeing and - as a result - cut costs.
  • Older but not (necessarily) wiser 
    Mind + Money

    November 26, 2009 - 
    Appointing advisers - even family members - may not solve the problem.
  • Scrooge’s return 
    Spend + Earn

    November 25, 2009 - 
    Two economists that eZonomics follows, Tim Harford and Chris Dillow, have written about the new book Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays.
  • The price of happiness 
    Mind + Money

    November 17, 2009 - 
    An academic has put dollar values on the effects on happiness of major events in life, such as marriage, divorce and the birth of a child.
  • Sweet charity 
    Spend + Earn

    November 6, 2009 - 
    Research published in the latest Economic Journal suggests the amount of money other people give to charity has a big impact on our own giving.
  • Make no mistake 
    Mind + Money

    November 4, 2009 - 
    The economics of how to avoid mistakes is highlighted in London's free morning newspaper Metro today.