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Shrewd money: it doesn’t go “poof!”
One of the perennial problems with saving up money (assuming one is in the blessed position to do so), is where to keep it so that its both “safe” and generates a good return. This is good stewardship, and not … Continue reading
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Tagged finances, friendship, giving, investments, money, receiving, shrewd, sowing
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Fast Money: it softens sufferings dread; it offers work and bread
A wonderfully inspiring story from a pre-WWII town in Austria called Worgl that was in the grip of the Depression, but was saved (temporarily) by a very insightful mayor, one Michael Unterguggenberger. He issued a local stamp script money… “On … Continue reading