Green with Envy
by Shira Boss
Published by Warner Business Books
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Reviewed by Erica Marston
Subtitled: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses is Keeping Us in Debt
From mini-vans to 500-foot yachts, Americans are obsessed with keeping up with the Joneses.
Starting with her next-door neighbor and traveling all the way to the nation's capital, author Shira Boss explores why Americans are no longer saving, how credit cards have become the replacement for the "emergency fund," and where we are headed from here.
Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses is Keeping Us in Debt is not your typical book on personal finance. Boss's perfect mix of real-life stories and statistical facts offers a shocking, entirely new and life-altering perspective on how and why we are consistently living beyond our means--a book too fascinating to put down.
For anyone who has ever wondered how their sister/neighbor/friend could afford that house/car/vacation, this book is a MUST READ.
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