]> http://www.wisdomhunter.com/taxonomy/term/137/0 Shira Boss author of "Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses Is Keeping Us in Debt" has a bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degrees in journalism and international affairs from Columbia University. en http://www.wisdomhunter.com/shira-boss-biography <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><div class="flexinode-textfield-35"><div class="form-item"> <label>First Name:</label><br /> Shira </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-36"><div class="form-item"> <label>Last Name:</label><br /> Boss </div> </div><div class="flexinode-image-37"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Image:</label><br /> <img src="http://www.wisdomhunter.com/files/shira.boss.jpg" alt="Shira Boss Biography" /> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-38"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Review:</label><br /> <p>Shira Boss author of <em >Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses Is Keeping Us in Debt</em> has a bachelor’s degree in economics and master’s degrees in journalism and international affairs from Columbia University. Boss grew up in Flint, Michigan, and has lived in St. Petersburg, Russia; Paris, France; and the Middle East. In addition to years as an independent financial journalist, Boss has worked as a cultural editor for an English-language newspaper and as a foreign correspondent. Boss has contributed to <em >The New York Times</em>, the <em >New York Post, Good Housekeeping</em> and <em >The Christian Science Monitor</em>, and to Forbes.com, and an online journal of <em >The Economist</em>.</p> </div> </div></div> Shira Boss Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:15:11 -0500 http://www.wisdomhunter.com/green-with-envy <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-3"><div class="flexinode-textfield-17"><div class="form-item"> <label>Book Title:</label><br /> Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses Is Keeping Us in Debt </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-18"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author Last Name:</label><br /> Boss </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-19"><div class="form-item"> <label>Author First Name:</label><br /> Shira </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-20"><div class="form-item"> <label>Publisher:</label><br /> Warner Business Books </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-24"><div class="form-item"> <label>Year Published:</label><br /> 2006 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textfield-14"><div class="form-item"> <label>ISBN:</label><br /> 0466578355 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-13"><div class="form-item"> <label>Book Review:</label><br /> <p>Find yourself envious of your friend’s new house or car? Or your neighbor’s recent vacation? Learn how to tame your preoccupations with what others have, make peace your situation, and gain control of your finances. Shira Boss in <em >Green with Envy: Why Keeping Up with the Joneses Is Keeping Us in Debt</em> shows you how. Fueled by assumptions of how her neighbors were supposedly “making it,” while her and her husband struggled, Boss set out to understand what was really happening in the financial lives of her neighbors, friends, and others. Boss shares stories of couples caught in the trap of “keeping up with the Joneses.” You’ll read stories of couples who, once doing o.k., fell step-by-step into financial ruin. Think those in Congress are financially set? Boss reveals an often different reality. Think money can solve your problems? You’ll learn that even billionaires have money-related problems. </p> </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-27"><div class="form-item"> <label>Depth:</label><br /> 2 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-33"><div class="form-item"> <label>Tone:</label><br /> 3 </div> </div><div class="flexinode-number-34"><div class="form-item"> <label>Openness:</label><br /> 3 </div> </div></div><p class="awTags_TagLinks">Tags: <a href="tags/62">meditation</a> <a href="tags/76">awareness</a> <a href="tags/85">prosperity</a> <a href="tags/106">psychology</a> <a href="tags/111">abundance</a> <a href="tags/176">money</a> <a href="tags/177">finances</a> <a href="tags/178">spending</a> <a href="tags/179">saving</a> <a href="tags/180">debt</a> <a href="tags/186">credit</a> <a href="tags/187">cards</a> <a href="tags/221">bankruptcy</a> <a href="tags/245">envy</a> <a href="tags/246">competition</a> <a href="tags/247">comparison</a> <a href="tags/248">assumptions</a> <a href="tags/249">sports</a> <a href="tags/250">thankfulness</a> </p> meditation awareness prosperity psychology abundance money finances spending saving debt credit cards bankruptcy envy competition comparison assumptions sports thankfulness Books Shira Boss Up and Coming Prosperity and Abundance Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:56:45 -0500