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WEDNESDAY, 24 JUNE 1981
Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world.
Your overdraft found it first. It's been compounding you since 2017.
— Zack, unqualified
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- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
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