Comments on: Tom Ashbrook speaks with the authors of Portfolios of the Poor http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/06/09/tom-ashbrook-speaks-with-the-authors-of-portfolios-of-the-poor/ Commentary and Insight from Princeton University Press's Authors and Staff Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:22:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mauritus http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/06/09/tom-ashbrook-speaks-with-the-authors-of-portfolios-of-the-poor/#comment-1627 mauritus Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:52:16 +0000 http://press.princeton.edu/blog/?p=1923#comment-1627 Well you know they say...you only know the true value of something when you miss or when you don't have enough. Recession has opened the eyes of many people and hopefully if we spend more carefully, we will learn more about how to save. Well you know they say…you only know the true value of something when you miss or when you don’t have enough.

Recession has opened the eyes of many people and hopefully if we spend more carefully, we will learn more about how to save.

]]> By: N Corral http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/06/09/tom-ashbrook-speaks-with-the-authors-of-portfolios-of-the-poor/#comment-1609 N Corral Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:16:52 +0000 http://press.princeton.edu/blog/?p=1923#comment-1609 "save for life’s big emergencies and celebrations" that statement is amazing considering living off of $2 a day!! Now if only the US can make strides towards this. “save for life’s big emergencies and celebrations” that statement is amazing considering living off of $2 a day!! Now if only the US can make strides towards this.

]]> By: mauritus http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/06/09/tom-ashbrook-speaks-with-the-authors-of-portfolios-of-the-poor/#comment-1573 mauritus Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:15:24 +0000 http://press.princeton.edu/blog/?p=1923#comment-1573 Living on $2 a day...man thats so bad...when i wonder how much food and money we waste in useless things and then think about those people who are struggling. The book gathers meticulous financial diaries that demonstrate not only don’t the poor live hand-to-mouth, but they manage their money well enough to save for life’s big emergencies and celebrations....I thinl there is a lesson to be learned from them...well not to that extent but as we say every little helps and if we could make that little effort to save that little bit...we will surely be contributing towards better years ahead. Living on $2 a day…man thats so bad…when i wonder how much food and money we waste in useless things and then think about those people who are struggling. The book gathers meticulous financial diaries that demonstrate not only don’t the poor live hand-to-mouth, but they manage their money well enough to save for life’s big emergencies and celebrations….I thinl there is a lesson to be learned from them…well not to that extent but as we say every little helps and if we could make that little effort to save that little bit…we will surely be contributing towards better years ahead.

]]> By: bruno http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2009/06/09/tom-ashbrook-speaks-with-the-authors-of-portfolios-of-the-poor/#comment-1569 bruno Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:42:19 +0000 http://press.princeton.edu/blog/?p=1923#comment-1569 good photo good photo

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