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Give The Gift That Keeps On Giving
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Give The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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It’s A Developed World We’ve Created – But Is It Giving Us Cancer?
LIFESTYLE

It’s A Developed World We’ve Created – But Is It Giving Us Cancer?

I had assumed that the small lump in my breast was a blocked milk duct from nursing my seven-month-old son. The news that I had stage 2 breast cancer stunned. “But it’s not in my family,” I told the radiologist. “And I have a healthy lifestyle! Why did I get breast cancer?” In one way or another, friends and relatives here in the U.S. asked the same question. Why had this happened to me? Their explanations coalesced around a single point: bad genes. But when I told my friends and host family in Haiti, where I’ve been studying social and political life for the past decade, their reactions were different. They asked: Who had done this to me? Was a colleague angry? Was a family member getting revenge? Or was someone simply jealous, especially after the good year I’d had landing a new job, ...
Giving Back Money That Doesn’t Belong To You – What Are The Ethics?
JOURNALISMS, MONEY

Giving Back Money That Doesn’t Belong To You – What Are The Ethics?

In Monopoly, a player who draws the card that says “BANK ERROR IN YOUR FAVOR. COLLECT $200” gets to keep the money. But what happens when such a mistake occurs in real life? Kelyn Spadoni, a 911 dispatcher, recently received quite a bit more than the US$80 she was expecting when financial brokerage firm Charles Schwab mistakenly transferred more than $1.2 million to her account, apparently because of a software glitch. When she discovered the extra money, she promptly transferred those funds to her other accounts and bought a new car and house, among other purchases. One could ask whether it was unethical for her to keep the money instead of trying to return it. As a scholar who studies the ethics of debt and finance, I believe the answer is more complex than a simple “yes” or “no.” Y...
Ways to make gift giving more meaningful (and less expensive)
LIFESTYLE

Ways to make gift giving more meaningful (and less expensive)

More than 2 in 5 shoppers expressed feeling pressure to spend more and buy more. According to last year’s Bankrate Holiday Gifting Survey, involving 1,000 interviews, more than 2 in 5 shoppers expressed feeling pressure to spend more and buy more. However, there are ways to purchase fewer gifts, spend less money and still enjoy gift giving. October’s Real Simple offered such solutions as: ‒ Pitching in on one gift for someone special, a parent or grandparent, for example. ‒ Doing something together: meeting at a home — or renting one — and playing games, watching movies or making crafts. ‒ Purchasing a recurring gift, such as fruit, cheese or meal-prep kits, that everyone in a home can enjoy. ‒ Swapping favorite baked goods. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push...