It’s been a year since my mother died, which means it’s taken me a year to finally share these thoughts. After she left us, one of my first …
Student Loans
Why This Book is So Important
Without a doubt, young people today start their adult lives burdened with more student loan debt than previous generations. News of the …
Top 5 Things I’ve Learned from the Pandemic
In March 2020 when the global COVID-19 pandemic caused our country to shut down and blew up our economy in the process, I came to a powerful …
How Thomas Butterworth Earned Two Debt-Free Degrees
Thomas Butterworth’s wife and my wife met and became friends during their days as students together at Kennesaw State University. I met …
An Economist Speaks on Student Loan Debt Crisis
As the student loan debt crisis rages out of control we are now hearing serious consideration of student loan debt "forgiveness" from the …
Part 2: How a millennial couple crushed over $400K in debt in 4 years
The Debt Slayers Conclusion [NOTE: Due to the length of the interview, I have broken this up into two blog posts.] Now it’s time for …
How a millennial couple crushed over $400K in debt in 4 years (Part 1)
[NOTE: Due to the length of the interview, I have broken this up into two blog posts] Meet the Debt Slayers It’s been said that …
What my Grandmother Said about Money
Perhaps the biggest regret of writing my personal finance book was not having the opportunity to interview all of my grandparents to …
The Problem with Student Loan Debt Forgiveness
In 2013 I started working in higher education and was immersed into the deteriorating issue of the student loan debt crisis. Of course, the …