NPR Radio "Day to Day," Your Money segment
Where do you go when you run out of money? One alternative to mom's couch is an ashram in rural Virginia. People who were recently laid off are welcome, so long as they're willing to clean, forsake beer and meditate daily.
Day to Day (March 17, 2009) · Where would you go when you're running out of money? As the economy continues to sputter, I've turned this question into a hypothetical game of sorts.At gatherings held by my (mostly unemployed journalist) friends in Los Angeles, a city where the jobless rate now stands at 20 percent, we'd rank the obvious options: parents' house, friends' futon, military. Then there's the less obvious ones: laboring on an organic farm... More>>
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