everyone knows about inflation.... especially conservative asian spenders o___O i'm sure the japanese who are referenced in this article are probably encouraged by their banks to invest in order to hedge inflation. but what your implying by your statement is that burning cash is better than sitting on it. hell even…

you heard that man: "NO EXCUSES!"

not sure if trolling, or just stupid....

but in any event, probably the most idiotic response against saving money ever. everyone will have become dumber in reading this. i award you no points and may god have mercy on your soul.

yeah look where that got us. we've bought everything on credit, saving little for retirement. prudent spending keeps the engine turning; reckless spending overheats the damn thing and causes a breakdown. but even if americans were conditioned to save, that would just mean more capital for banks to lend to businesses…

rigid*

after a total of 6 months of combined maternity/paternity leave who do you suggest watches the kid without interrupting their career ? most people have a hard time getting vacation after 6 months of work even just to watch a newborn. you think a lawyer, traveling engineer, manager, or struggling machinist can rotate…

childbirth (attributed exclusively to females) accounts for taking women out of the workforce for a substantial amount of years/months, crippling overall lifetime income gains and increasing labor obsolescence in STEM occupations. unless you can figure out how to shift this burden to men, or rid women of this…

gender equality does not exist, nor will it ever. nothing wrong with this system (or any system for that matter) so long as both parties know what they're getting into and agree to the terms.

not implying it would. men and women could be equally "reckless" or simply don't have the opportunities for employment. i should say though my korean girlfriend is a humble grade school teacher [in korea of course] and she's been able to save 100k on her own over the course of 7 years of employment. fact is, asians…

judge all you want, but meanwhile the average American savings lingers around 4,000 per household. go 'merica. go responsible life decisions! yeah!