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Book asks you to reconsider cheapness
Being called a cheapskate isn't exactly a badge of honor for many people. They've been easy targets for ridicule since the end of World War II in this country. Scrooge McDuck, anyone?
"An eighty-four-year-old man heard about my interest in cheapness and got so excited that he offered himself up for an interview about his frugal ways," Lauren Weber writes in her new book, "In Cheap We Trust," which chronicles the history of being frugal in America. "At the end of our conversation, he said, sheepishly, "Please don't use my name ... I don't want people to think I'm cheap."
Weber believes you have nothing to be ashamed about.
"This book is a reconsideration of cheapness," she writes. "It asks why we malign and make fun of people who save money."
NPR also profiled her book (article and link to audio here).
So are you a cheapskate and proud of it? Share some of your money-saving (or making) tips here.
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