Money

Barista hands customer their coffee – Photo credit: Canva

Money, Money Culture

She tipped a dollar on a $5 coffee and the barista called her out in front of the whole café. The internet couldn’t agree on who was wrong.

adamah

3/20/2026
A Danish mom drops her young son at his school in Copenhagen. – Photo credit: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images

Culture, Family, Money, Politics

Denmark’s generous parental leave policies erase eighty percent of the ‘motherhood penalty’

Alexandra Killewald

2/3/2026
Martin Luther King Jr. became involved not just in fights over racial equality but also economic hardship. – Photo credit: Ted S. Warren/AP

Culture, History, Justice, Money, Society

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income

Tarah Williams

1/13/2026
Giving a secondhand gift is more thoughtful than one would think. – Photo credit: Canva

Editorial, Featured, Money

People now say that secondhand gifts are classier than those that are brand new

Erik Barnes

12/17/2025
A rideshare driver is pointing out that Uber is treating both drivers and riders unfairly. – Photo credit: Canva

Everyday Economics, Money

Man breaks down how much he makes from Uber, enraging both drivers and passengers

Erik Barnes

11/25/2025
No more new pennies. – Photo credit: Canva

Editorial, Featured, Money

After over 230 years, we say goodbye to the penny. Here’s how much it cost to make one.

Erik Barnes

11/14/2025
How much of this juice is "made with real fruit" anyway? – Photo credit: Canva

Money

Experts and consumers reveal 11 marketing terms and phrases that mean absolutely nothing

Erik Barnes

11/12/2025
Tax pros share 5 weird things they've seen people try to write off. – Photo credit: Canva, Dean Drobot (left, cropped) / Minerva Studio (right, cropped)

Editorial, Money

Tax pros share the 5 ‘craziest,’ ‘dumbest’ things they’ve seen people try to write off

Ryan Reed

10/21/2025
Your tipping generosity might be related to your generation. – Photo credit: Canva, pixelshot (left, cropped) / Garakta Studio from Garakta Studio (middle, cropped) / Imágenes de gabriel paz (right, cropped)

Editorial, Everyday Economics, Featured, Money

Are you a good tipper? Turns out your generation might have something to do with it.

Ryan Reed

10/14/2025
Young people are confused by these frugal habits of older people. – Photo credit: Canva, Helgy (left, cropped) / Dean Drobot (right, cropped)

Money

4 frugal habits of older generations that younger people find weird or obsolete

Ryan Reed

10/9/2025

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