How can she learn to love frugality without giving up the good things in life?
Chamlong, a vegetarian who used to encourage simplicity and frugality, seemed to feel the strain.
As a result, most startups are financed entirely by family members, credit card debt and sheer frugality.
That limit might be flexible once a family concludes that frugality is the path to long-term wealth.
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But whatever the reasons behind the new-found government frugality, many are hoping that it will be long-lasting.
Customers' frugality has reached extremes in the recession, the 40-year-old Mr. Soltani says.
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There are ways to practice frugality even while indulging in a materialistic life.
The frugality also allowed us to retain control such that we could make decisions that were best for us.
Loosening the purse strings did not mean abandoning the frugality that was the clearest consumer trend during the recession.
Frugality: Once you establish yourself as a dividend payer, you will generally take the trouble to maintain the dividend.
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It turns out that Obama supposed frugality is largely the result of how TARP is measured in the federal budget.
Donna writes the Frugal Cool blog for MSN Money, and writes about frugality and intentional living at Surviving And Thriving.
Certainly, state interventions that punish industry and frugality and reward sloth and profligacy cannot but facilitate the propagation of misery.
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In 1948, London hosted the Summer Olympics, or the "Austerity Games, " as they were called for their postwar frugality and prudence.
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Politicians spout lip service to frugality, but are so beholden to continuing this largesse the Senate cannot even pass a budget.
He has extended his bio-design programme to India, in part to instil an understanding of the benefits of frugality in his students.
Also attending is our colleague, David English, a University of Missouri Law School professor, and the gold standard of meeting frugality.
But how can we exercise frugality if we have to make the choice to buy medical services before we know what they cost?
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Smith believed that the same was applicable to a whole country, whose prosperity depended on frugality, economic freedom and disposition towards hard work.
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Summoning the ghost of John Maynard Keynes, he asserts that such frugality is misguided when an economy is still weak and people are unemployed.
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Budget-redirecting in Washington has become the norm since Iraq and Afghanistan and pre-election year politics have already raised cries for frugality from political circles.
Prudence and frugality are virtues that benefit both paupers and princes.
During this period, frugality is bound to become the new normal.
They have in common a certain frugality (until recently, Lazard in New York occupied an office without air conditioning), and an appreciation of social connections.
Another European development over the weekend underlined signs that more Europeans were rebelling against the frugality that has dominated the continent's response to its sovereign debt crisis.
Now, with the holiday shopping marathon in full gear and during a season when frugality is still key, retailers are starting to test the waters a bit.
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Their frugality paid off: in their midtwenties, when most of their friends weren't even married yet, they bought a quarter-acre lot of land and had a house built.
For overspenders, revisiting the virtue of frugality can help them get back to economic fundamentals, such as not spending beyond their means and saving for a rainy day.
Comparisons will become more difficult to beat later in the year as consumers started to emerge from the crisis mentality and frugality in the second half of 2009.
Or, frugality aside, would I actually be happier without them?
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