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All rights reserved.http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/archive/yourlife/ben-stein/1How Not to Ruin Your Life by Ben Steinen-ushttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:12:28 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/181560Now if only they could get back to helping the rest of us.yahoo_finance/blogs/181560Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:12:28 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/178987Maybe as important as health care is, individual freedom and private property are indispensable, too.yahoo_finance/blogs/178987Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:12:30 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/177033If we want to have a decent life in our latter years, we need to accumulate while we are young.yahoo_finance/blogs/177033Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:51:53 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/173771Now that Bernie Madoff is in jail for good, it's time to explore the many unanswered questions surrounding the case.yahoo_finance/blogs/173771Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:52:12 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/170370No economist can tell the future, but most should agree that thrift and sensible financial practice always work.yahoo_finance/blogs/170370Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:25:27 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/167337The suffering among people close to me during this recession is incomparably worse than I have ever seen it before.yahoo_finance/blogs/167337Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:03:17 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/163553The financial downturn has been a terrifying ride, but we can find value in some lessons learned along the way.yahoo_finance/blogs/163553Fri, 15 May 2009 00:56:55 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/161039My goal for the next 40 years is to spend prudently. If you are smart, it will be your goal, too.yahoo_finance/blogs/161039Mon, 4 May 2009 23:58:46 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/157722Taxes are a part of life, and we all have to pay. But Big Brother is a lot closer than we think, via the tax system.yahoo_finance/blogs/157722Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:01:17 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/153164The economic future is extremely cloudy, albeit with hints of sun.yahoo_finance/blogs/153164Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:44:07 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/146731Imagine you are an employer looking at your resume. Would you hire you? If not, make yourself better.yahoo_finance/blogs/146731Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:34:57 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/144940Imagination, hard work, and persistence can conquer any phase of the business cycle. Now go out and get to work.yahoo_finance/blogs/144940Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:23:41 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/141875We all want efficiency and frugality. But banning productive means of travel and big business meetings isn't the answer.yahoo_finance/blogs/141875Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:22:40 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/138279Do not look to financial gurus for miracles. The markets are so erratic and complex that the future is unknowable.yahoo_finance/blogs/138279Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:26:06 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/136651Carbon releases into our atmosphere have both health and economic costs. But how should they be reduced?yahoo_finance/blogs/136651Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:46:55 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/135453We can't know what the future holds for the economy. But some advice holds true in any economic climate.yahoo_finance/blogs/135453Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:12:33 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/132246The past 15 months have been the most upsetting time of many investors' lives. Here’s what we should have learned.yahoo_finance/blogs/132246Tue, 6 Jan 2009 03:23:29 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/130751Efficient market theory, buy and hold, and trust in government all failed us in 2008. Let's hope we learned something.yahoo_finance/blogs/130751Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:36:44 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/127875The American auto companies need a bailout from us taxpayers, and they need it ASAP. Here’s why.yahoo_finance/blogs/127875Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:01:48 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/allnews/smallbiz/rss/*http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/yourlife/126180I haven’t heard a single word from Timothy F. Geithner, the new secretary of the Treasury, that suggests he will be any different than his boss, Mr. Paulson.yahoo_finance/blogs/126180Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:45:43 Etc/GMT