Helaine Olen

Helaine Olen is an American journalist based in New York. She is a columnist for The Washington Post[1] and, before that, Slate, where she wrote the column The Bills. She is the author of Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry and the co-author of The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to be Complicated,[2][3] and Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding--and Managing--Romance on the Job.[4] Olen also contributed to The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change.[5]

Background

Olen graduated from Smith College and attended the University of Minnesota. She is married to the script writer Matt Roshkow[6] and has two sons.[7]

Views

Olen is critical of the personal finance industry's typical advice to consumers, suggesting that it leaves them unprepared for major downturns such as market crashes, layoffs, and medical bills.[8]

gollark: https://pastebin.com/RM13UGFa
gollark: I read that as "I want an IRC-like thing" anyway; IRC is weird and kind of complex.
gollark: I mean, that doesn't make it simpler unless you drop the cross-server aspect.
gollark: Basically:- messaging between computers within CC (via modems) is easy- adding security to that is hard- for messaging between servers, you need to use an HTTP server of some sort to relay messages- you can program one yourself or use an existing service- programming one yourself allows you to handle stuff like user accounts on the server, making security easier
gollark: ... do you want me to simplify my explanations, or something?

References
  1. "Helaine Olen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. Roger Lowenstein. "Book Review: Pound Foolish by Helaine Olen". Businessweek.com.
  3. Kelly, Caitlin (2012-12-29). "'Pound Foolish' Eyes Problems of Personal Finance Advice". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  4. Office mate. OCLC. OCLC 502925213.
  5. The Maternal is Political. OCLC. OCLC 182737893.
  6. "Prettier Than Napoleon: The Nanny Gets Dooced".
  7. "Helaine Olen".
  8. "Financial Advisers Selling Bogus Advice?". NPR. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2018.


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