Category Archives: Finance

Living the Simple Life: The Basics (part one)

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 17, 2010

I’ve had a lot of time to read and to watch documentaries as of late. And I’ve had time to spend some of my quit smoking fund money on ordering more books online. I finally bought a copy of classic books I haven’t read yet like The Catcher in the Rye, Catch 22 and The [...]

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101 in 1001: the April book giveaway!

By Julie Laurin | Published: April 10, 2010

It’s time to give away another book and since it’s non-fiction month, I thought I’d give away a book that might interest a lot of people: “Your Money or Your Life“. Forbes recently published an article entitled ‘Your Job in 2020′ and it’s pretty scary. Though I don’t think that automation will move as quickly [...]

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How I used my life experience to win a marketing contest

By Julie Laurin | Published: February 22, 2010

On Friday night, I watched old episodes of TVO’s The Agenda. One episode in particular called “The Limits of Economics“, amused me because the host, Steve Paikan, asked a group of (academic) economists to define “economics”. Predictably, they couldn’t come up with a unanimous definition for their field of study, likely because economics is broken [...]

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The Age of Gadgetry

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 27, 2010

“I must have it”. Whenever I hear this, I always wonder what it is that the person has to have and most of the time, it’s some sort of gadget. Often, it’s a gadget made by Apple. I saw a great quote today about utility and luxury and that Apple products mostly exist as luxury [...]

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The Emergency Fund Revolution

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 14, 2010

I haven’t always been wise with money and I still occasionally get side-tracked and make a few minor mistakes that serve as a reminder to be smart about how I manage my dollars and cents! While reading “Le Zahir” on the Greyhound ride from Sudbury to Ottawa this week, there’s a passage about freedom that [...]