I recently had a chance to review Broke, Not Broken: Personal Finance for the Creative, Confused, Underpaid, and Overwhelmed by Anna Joe Beck. This book is a great resource for young adults trying to get a handle on their personal finance. It touches on a variety of topics that everyone needs to know, but is also realistic - the author recognizes that creature comforts like small splurges here and there are part of what keep us human and can be incorporated into even a tight budget. There are charts and worksheets that make the advice in the book practical and can help readers tailor it to their own situations. She touches on building a safety net and creating positive financial habits, and common sense tips like living within your means (without being preachy and insisting that you live as an ascetic). If you know someone just starting out on their own financially, this can be a good resource for them.
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Portland's most colorful, authentic, and empowering publishing house and distributor, Microcosm Publishing & Distribution is a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around them. Microcosm emphasizes skill-building, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Microcosm was started by Joe Biel in his bedroom as a distro and record label in 1996 and is now among the oldest independent book publishing houses in Portland, OR. Microcosm focuses on relating the experiences of what it's like to be a marginalized person and strives to be recognized for spirit, creativity, and value. All books are printed in the U.S. on post-consumer papers, and the company doubles the industry average in number of women authors and prioritizes hiring of special needs employees.
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