Dear Moneyist, My wife and I had our first baby 3 months ago. As the breadwinner, my wife just returned to work after 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Our savings are a bit low and she is now “asking for my blessing” to work part-time. This is distressing to …
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Illustration by Kevin Whipple The year is 2100 and a worker is facing retirement. She’s been a conscientious employee, but she hasn’t been able to save much for her future because of years of family caretaking, student debt and low wages. But she’ll be able to enjoy retirement. That’s because …
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Dear Moneyist, My wife and I had our first baby in June. As the breadwinner, my wife just returned to work after 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave. Our savings are a bit low and she is now “asking for my blessing” to work part-time. This is distressing to me …
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The stock market will be feeling the impact of COVID-19 for decades to come. That’s because the pandemic is causing the U.S. birth rate to fall. A report from the Brookings Institution, predicts between 300,000 and 500,000 fewer births in 2021, calling it the “Covid Baby Bust.” You have plenty …
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Home organization habits differ across the generations, according to a survey. (©Federica Fortunat, Adobe Stock Photos) Traditions tend to evolve with each generation. That’s also true for home organization habits, according to a survey of baby boomers vs. millennials and Generation Xers. ClosetMaid conducted a 2020 study of 1,000 U.S. …
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Dairy milk got a bad reception at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Joaquin Phoenix took aim at dairy farming in his Oscars speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Joker.” “We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a …
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