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FBaggins

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2. The title is unsupported by the rest of the article.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Mon May 12, 2014, 09:26 AM

May 2014

It might be correct to say that poor fiscal management is not the only reason that people get buried in credit card debt, but obviously that corrected title would result in a resounding "Duh" from most readers.

There are even a few cited facts that contradict their claims... yet the authors don't appear to realize it. One wonders how the authors would define "being good with money".

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No, People Don�t Get Buried In Credit Card Debt Because They�re Bad With Money [View all] xchrom May 2014 OP

That's true shenmue May 2014 #1

The title is unsupported by the rest of the article. FBaggins May 2014 #2

Yes, the title and opening paragraph do not make clear WHICH people were the target of the analysis Gormy Cuss May 2014 #3

You're right... but I think it goes beyond that. FBaggins May 2014 #6

Short answer: depends on the reason for the data collection Gormy Cuss May 2014 #8

"Good with money" is not something you can measure empirically. jeff47 May 2014 #10

Some people get into debt because they're bad with money. Some, for other reasons. JJChambers May 2014 #4

Yes, some people do. Ask me how I know. WillowTree May 2014 #5

Same here... pipi_k May 2014 #7

Yeah, for a long time....... WillowTree May 2014 #9