Should I accept this job offer? I have an interview scheduled for another job. But it's no sure thing... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 6, 2009 - 11 answers

What do we do now that we're both unemployed? This is not a question about how to save money or spend less. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Apr 8, 2009 - 37 answers

I'm panicking about moving to southwestern Michigan. Just how bad is the economy there? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 15, 2009 - 12 answers

How to handle a retro-reduced inheritance? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 13, 2008 - 14 answers

In the current economic climate, should I stay where I am in a place with average cost-of-living and a average job possibilities, or move to a place with high cost-of-living but great job possibilities? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 6, 2008 - 11 answers

Please help me with a weird house-buying situation caused by the mortgage crunch. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 12, 2008 - 26 answers

Please help me out with my doomsday anxiety. I need some respected, rational, realistic stuff to read about economy, oil, food, etc. in the near future and beyond. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 9, 2008 - 37 answers

How should we handle liquidating assets in an estate in the USA right now? Assets consist primarily of a stock portfolio and a house. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 21, 2008 - 17 answers

I have just been offered a staff position at a large University of California campus. Given that my current job is with a small (employees<15) consulting company in the technology field, and given the current national (and global) economic situation; is a UC job more likely to be stable in the next 5 years when compared to one in a small tech company? Also, what's it like to work at a UC? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 23, 2008 - 16 answers

Help me get some perspective about my life and career. Is it stupid to make career decisions based on world trends that haven't happened yet? Or is it stupider to make plans based on the idea that everything will stay pretty much the way it is going? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 29, 2007 - 17 answers

Looking for good articles, links, etc. that discuss (rationally, not all panicky-like) strategies for managing one's 401(k) in light of recent shifts in the market and (perhaps more importantly) the declining dollar. So far, everything I've found seems geared toward investors managing their stock portfolios rather than workers managing their retirement accounts. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 1, 2007 - 7 answers