The New Frugality : How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better (CD-Audio)

from jlynno84

This book is written in an easy to understand manner. The suggestions are all delivered in a down to earth and practical manner, making this book easy to understand. I liked that you didn't need a business degree to understand what the author was trying to say!

from nevusmom

I debated on the rating of this book. To me, anyway, it offers up common sense, but not particularly anything new. But it is an easy read, and would be friendly to those unfamiliar with the financial discipline practiced by the generation of our grandparents and even parents. I chuckled at the ti...

from mpratt

I feel "The New Frugality" by Chris Farrell is a well written introduction to frugal living. I would highly recommend the book to those who are searching for a more common sense approach to finances. If you have read other personal finance books on frugality you probably will not learn anything new.

from thart528

I listen to Marketplace Money on NPR and hear Chris Farrell regularly. The New Frugality is an extension of his general finance philosophy. It gives good background information about how we got where we are. It also gives good financial advise in simple terms for those less financially literate. ...

from kristenn

The usefulness of the personal finance advice depends on how much you've already read on the topic -- he doesn't (and shouldn't) break new ground. Specific to whether the New Frugality will actually happen, I remain unconvinced. There was nothing to indicate what makes this time different, versus...