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The Founding Fathers Didn’t Anticipate Billionaires
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How To Avoid the Tax Bomb on Your Student Loans
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A Look At How the U.S. Spent Covid Relief in 2020
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How to Support Small Businesses During Covid: Help Them Go Cashless
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Here Is What To Do If You Run Out of Unemployment Benefits
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Changes to Debt Collector Rules And How They Affect You
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Your Guide to Holiday Deals and Best Shipping Dates
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8 New Google Pay App Features Just in Time for Holiday Shopping
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Biden’s Stimulus Proposal and Relief Plan, Explained
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Robinhood’s New Feature Grants You Interest and a Fancy Card
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Eviction Moratorium: How to Stay Protected Until December
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The Census Doesn’t Count Renters Well. Here’s Why That Matters.
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Interesting Finds

Latest PPP Data Raises Questions About the Distribution of Loans
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What Your Enneagram Type Says About Your Financial Habits
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7 Money Lessons To Learn From Schitt’s Creek
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Here’s How Money Works in The Mandalorian
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Was ‘The Addams Family’ a Warning for Renters?
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Here’s Why Michael Scott’s Condo Was a Terrible Investment
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Here’s What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your Financial Habits
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6 Reasons Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage
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Jane Fraser Broke Banking’s Glass Ceiling — But What Comes Next?
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Here’s Why the Wells Fargo CEO Is Wrong About Black Talent
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Getting a mortgage

11 Side Hustles That Can Make You Money
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We Answer Your 3 Questions About Mortgages and Homeownership
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What I Wish I Knew Before Buying Rental Property
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Personal loan resources

10 Personal Loan Scams Signs
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Can Personal Loans Improve Your Credit Score?
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Student loan help

15 Ways to Reduce Your Loans While You’re Still in College
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Balancing Act: Pay Off Student Loans or Save More?
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Home insurance guides

4 Eco-Friendly Home Modifications That Can Lower Your Home Insurance Premium
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A Home Insurance Guide For Multigenerational Families During Covid-19
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Car insurance: All you need to know

Auto Insurance Quotes, Explained
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A Guide to Auto Insurance If You’re Living Out of Your Car
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The latest from Trent

7 Common Investing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
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The 2020 Frugal Holiday Gift Guide
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How to Choose a Budgeting System That’s Right for You
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We Answer Your 3 Questions About Mortgages and Homeownership
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Trent Hamm

Founder of The Simple Dollar

Trent Hamm founded The Simple Dollar in 2006 after developing innovative financial strategies to get out of debt. Since then, he’s written three books (published by Simon & Schuster and Financial Times Press), contributed to Business Insider, US News & World Report, Yahoo Finance, and Lifehacker, and been featured in The New York Times, TIME, Forbes, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

The latest from The Simple Dollar

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The 2020 Frugal Holiday Gift Guide
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How Much Should I Have in Savings? Answered.
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How to Choose a Budgeting System That’s Right for You
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Here’s How to Deal With Holiday Debt
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Black Friday Will Look Different This Year — Here’s How to Save
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6 Financial Tasks to Do Before the End of 2020
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