Every decision, from buying a home to grabbing a daily latte,
has costs and benefits-personal as well as financial. The Real Cost
of Living helps you make better decisions, both big and small-
decisions that involve money, but aren''t all about money.
Well-known personal finance expert Carmen Wong Ulrich makes
personal finance personal and takes into account that we all have
motivations that go way beyond number crunching. From marriage and
family to career, investing, and more, Carmen examines the "real
cost" of the choices we all make every day.
* Is deciding whether to go back to work full-time after you have
a child really all about money? Should it be?
* Is prepaying a mortgage a smart-money move, or is it really
about craving security and stability-and which means more to
you?
* How much do your bad habits really cost you? And is saving
thousands of dollars enough of a motivation to get you to
stop?
* Are college degrees really worthwhile? And if so, how can you
maximize the odds of gaining all the benefits of a degree, both
personally and financially?
* Is becoming your own boss the answer to your career malaise?
Can you handle the costs?
The Real Cost of Living is a rare melding of personal psychology
and personal finance at an important time when we have discovered
that having more money may not bring more happiness, but knowing
what really will make you happy can be worth any cost.
關於作者:
Carmen Wong Ulrich is an expert contributor
to The Dr. Oz Show and Glamour''s personal finance
columnist. She is the former host of CNBC''s daily personal finance
show On the Money and can be seen regularly on Today,
MSNBC, and Extra. She has appeared on The View, NBC
Nightly News with Brian Williams, CNN, HLN, Rachael
Ray, and the CBS Early Show. She is the author of
Generation Debt: Take Control of Your Money-A How-To Guide;
has a master''s degree in psychology from Columbia University,
Teachers College, and a B.A. from Fairfield University; and lives
with her family in Brooklyn.