Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week:

• How we went from $42,000 to $6,500 and lived to tell about it
• The difference between a recession and a depression
• The Worst Financial Predictions About 2008
• The Credit Card & College Link
• Six Years of Stock Gains Wiped Out in 2008
• Recession 101: Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?

This Week’s Money Carnivals

Blog carnivals are always a great place to see the best writing from a wide variety of blogs from around the blogosphere:

• Debt Reduction
• Frugality
• Personal Finance

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