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Squandering Aimlessly

Squandering Aimlessly
Squandering Aimlessly
On the Road with the Host of Public Radio's "Marketplace"  
By David Brancaccio
Read by: David Brancaccio
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Availability: Available on or around February 1, 2000
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What would you do if you received a sudden financial windfall? David Brancaccio, whose ability to clarify economic matters has made public radio's Marketplace a hit, set out to discover where, why, and how people are spending their riches -- whether it's proceeds from stock options, profits from the sale of a house, or an unexpected inheritance or bonus.

His journey takes readers from Minnesota's Mall of America to the
financial caverns of Wall Street, to a college set among the oil wells of West Texas. He gathers wisdom on money and its uses from California entrepreneurs, a drifter in the desert, a U.S. treasury secretary, and many others from all walks of life. The result is at once a delightful adventure and an eye-opening report on America's attitudes about spending, saving, and investing.

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Table of Contents
Frank Betanyou The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Brancaccio brings the financial erudition of a variety of sources together with his own wit, candor, and storytelling skill.
Charles Jaffe The Boston Globe Fun to read.
Carl Sessions Stepp American Journalism Review A stellar model for consumer reporting....Brancaccio's approach and attitude are irreverently nontraditional.
Mike Maza The Dallas Morning News Unpretentious...humorous, light-handed....By the end, you'll have a firmer grasp of real-world economics.