{"id":11319,"date":"2011-04-07T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2011-04-06T13:47:45","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:47:45","slug":"smart-is-the-new-rich-by-christine-romans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/smart-is-the-new-rich-by-christine-romans\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart is the New Rich by Christine Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\" \t http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2299545\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11349\" title=\"smart is new rich\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/smart-is-new-rich1.jpg?resize=182%2C276&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"276\" \/><\/a>Most readers will recognize Christine Romans as the CNN business reporter and host of &#8220;Your $$$$$.&#8221;\u00a0 But I wonder how many realize she hails from right here in the QCA?\u00a0 Yup, that&#8217;s right!\u00a0 Romans grew up in LeClaire, Iowa, and graduated from Pleasant Valley High School.\u00a0 She went on to graduate from Iowa State University in 1993 and then began working for the Des Moines Register.\u00a0 Later, she worked\u00a0with a financial news firm in Chicago before hitting\u00a0the big time with CNN in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>But now, this TV reporter is an author of a practical, no-nonsense book about money.\u00a0 It&#8217;s title, <a href=\" \t http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2299545\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Smart is the New Rich<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,\u00a0also happens to be a\u00a0perfect fit\u00a0for\u00a0<em>Money Smart Week<\/em>, which is happening right now &#8212; April 2-9.\u00a0 According to Romans,\u00a0most of us need to start managing our money\u00a0a little differently than we did before the economic bubble burst, and here are her 3 primary\u00a0guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live within our means<\/li>\n<li>Live with less debt<\/li>\n<li>Be less vulnerable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She further substaniates her message with 5 clear spending rules.\u00a0 A perfect example of this is the subtitle, <em><strong>If You Can&#8217;t Afford It, Put it Down. <\/strong><\/em> Other classic rules include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think of money like nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Negotiate everything<\/li>\n<li>Always save first<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t deny yourself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her book is proving popular, so come check it out<em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>and use Money Smart Week to get smart <em>and<\/em> rich!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most readers will recognize Christine Romans as the CNN business reporter and host of &#8220;Your $$$$$.&#8221;\u00a0 But I wonder how many realize she hails from right here in the QCA?\u00a0 Yup, that&#8217;s right!\u00a0 Romans grew up in LeClaire, Iowa, and graduated from Pleasant Valley High School.\u00a0 She went on to<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/smart-is-the-new-rich-by-christine-romans\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[370,1590,379],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-frugal","tag-getting-rich","tag-saving-money"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2Wz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11319"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11328,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions\/11328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}