Posts filed as “US under-40 finance”
Unemployment is killing America’s economically vulnerable women early
Americans are living longer than ever but average lifespan of white, female high school drop-outs has plunged dramatically
Is a lack of jobs killing some of America's most economically vulnerable women?
That's one of the provocative conclusions of Jennifer Karas Montez, a researcher at Harvard University, and author with Anna Zajacova, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wyoming, who set out to explain why the average lifespan of a...Read more.
Saving for retirement: the key is to start small
If the powers that be want people to save more, they first need to encourage them to save for smaller splurges
When it comes to convincing people of the need to save money, it might be time to downplay the pressure to set aside retirement savings and the need to fund a 401(k).
What? We know we're in terrible fiscal shape for our retirements, and the younger we are, the worse...Read more.
Attend your lavish wedding? With what money?
The average cost of a 2013 wedding is up 5% from last year to $28,427 – and that's not counting the $539 guests pay to attend
• Guests, tell us: Have you ever been a victim of the Wedding Industrial Complex?
Last year, I wrote an article speculating that maybe, just maybe the low-key backyard nuptials of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan had driven a stake through...Read more.
Attend your lavish wedding? With what money?
The average cost of a 2013 wedding is up 5% from last year to $28,427 – and that's not counting the $539 guests pay to attend
• Guests, tell us: Have you ever been a victim of the Wedding Industrial Complex?
Last year, I wrote an article speculating that maybe, just maybe the low-key backyard nuptials of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan had driven a stake through...Read more.
Internships: why paying for experience is bad business
It's no longer enough to be willing to work for free – now you need to pay for the privilege of working for no salary
Psst. Want a job working for Miami Heat basketball star LeBron James? There's a nice internship in online marketing and another in content development currently being advertised on his website. If you are interested, you best get on it quick. Applications are due Tuesday.
Salary? Funny you...Read more.
Internships: why paying for experience is bad business
It's no longer enough to be willing to work for free – now you need to pay for the privilege of working for no salary
Psst. Want a job working for Miami Heat basketball star LeBron James? There's a nice internship in online marketing and another in content development currently being advertised on his website. If you are interested, you best get on it quick. Applications are due Tuesday.
Salary? Funny you...Read more.
Homeward bound: why leaning into the past is not what women need
Generation Y's retreat into domestic bliss is all well and good – but it's only an individual solution to a systemic problem
It's a truth universally acknowledged that most women will eventually find the work world overwhelming. Perhaps the final straw will come when the boss is less than understanding when the kid is sick and needs to stay home from school. Maybe it will come when you realize everyone in...Read more.
About Helaine Olen
I am the voice of The Bills, a column about the intersection of money and life, at Slate. At Inc., I contribute to the Spread the Wealth personal finance column. My work on politics, economics, workplace culture and women’s issues has been published in numerous other print and on-line publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Salon, Pacific Standard, and The Los Angeles Times, where I wrote and edited the popular “Money Makeover” feature.
I'm the author of the critically acclaimed book Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry, and The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to be so Complicated, which I co-wrote with Harold Pollack.
What else? I’m a passionate bibliophile, a fan of 1970s pop music and a lover of rummage sales. I live in New York City.
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