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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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Table of Contents
Table of Contents

Contents

1. The Naked Truth About Money

2. Going Back to Shop Class
Spending at the Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota

3. Invest Like Your Very Liberal Mother Is Watching
Being socially responsible, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

4. Be Your Own Boss
Entrepreneurship in Pasadena and Universal City, California

5. Learn to Play the Game
Taking risks in Las Vegas, Nevada

6. Give It Away
Charity in Hawthorne, Nevada

7. Invest Like a Grown-up
Buying a fat hen on Wall Street

8. Getting Real
Dying for a mortgage in Levittown, Long Island

9. Quit Your Day Job
On sabbatical in Levelland, Texas

10. Seek a Gray Area
Putting it toward retirement in Tucson, Arizona

11. Go Conservative
Saving in Seattle

Epilogue