One of the blogs that I've been following for years is Financial Samurai, a personal finance website run by Sam Dogen. So I was thrilled to get an early copy of his brand new book Buy This, Not That that's set to be released on July 19, 2022. What I love so much about this book is that it's easy to … Continue Reading
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