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 Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003)
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser (HarperCollins, 2002)
Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide by William J. Arnone (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
The Columbia Retirement Handbook by Abraham Monk (Columbia University Press, 1994)
Worry-Free Investing: A Safe Approach to Achieving Your Lifetime Financial Goals by Zvi Bodie (Financial Times Prentice Hall, May 2003)
Stocks for the Long Run: The Definitive Guide to Financial Market Returns and Long-Term Investment Strategies by Jeremy Siegel (McGraw-Hill, June, 2002)
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Sound Money for June 14, 2003
 Comparing car finance incentives
Tempted by ads offering zero percent financing for cars? Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Car Connection, talks about how to compare new car financing incentives to get the right deal. (Jun 14, 2003)
The effect of the black market
Eric Schlosser, author of Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market, talks about how ten percent of the US economy is carried out in the black market, and what effect it has on law-abiding investors. (Jun 14, 2003)
Another reason to read your Social Security statements
We talk with William Arnone, co-author of Ernst & Young's Retirement Planning Guide, about how investors can use annual Social Security statements to better plan their financial needs in retirement. (Jun 14, 2003)
How stop-loss orders benefit investors
Sound Money's in-house investment expert Erica Whittlinger explains how stop-loss orders can benefit small investors, and why they could have spared Martha Stewart her current legal woes. (By Erica Whittlinger on Jun 14, 2003)
Listener questions for June 14, 2003
Our Economics Editor Chris Farrell answers listeners' questions on personal finance and the economy, including a query about maximizing tax savings in educational accounts. (Jun 14, 2003)
Worry-free investing
The stock market is doing better. The improvement in stock prices is a relief for the millions of Americans that poured their savings into equities over the past decade to fund their retirement, their children's education, and other long-term goals, only to watch much of their savings vaporize during a three year long bear market. So, is it time to hike your commitment to stocks and make up for lost financial ground? (By Chris Farrell on Jun 14, 2003)
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