Contributor Biographies - MSN Money
Scott Burns is a personal-finance columnist who has been nationally syndicated since late 1980. He graduated from MIT in 1962 and studied writing with Archibald MacLeish at Harvard
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by Scott Burns, 10/27/2009. How to retire on $12,000 a year. by Scott Burns, 6/23/2009. Why you're not beating the market. by Scott Burns, 5/26/2009. Is America about to go broke?
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Is Home Depot shafting shoppers? - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. Sixteen years ago, I sent my wife a love note. It went like this: Carolyn: I've gone to Our Store. Be back soon. Love, Scott. We called Home Depot (HD, news, msgs) "our ...
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Did terrorists cause the housing mess? - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. Trundling a suitcase and a computer bag in piercing cold, I head into an office building on 55th Street in New York. I am immediately stopped by an array of security ...
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Why hard work doesn't pay - MSN Money
More columns by Scott Burns can be found here. Published Sept. 26, 2007. TAGS: JOBS - HEALTH INSURANCE - RETIREES - SOCIAL SECURITY - SCOTT BURNS
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Retirees make a run for the border - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. Several years ago a Dallas couple approaching retirement disappeared. Well-known on the charitable-event circuit, the couple were in Dallas one day and gone the next.
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Is America about to go broke? - MSN Money
Government obligations for Social Security and Medicare may soon exceed the combined ... Recent Articles by Scott Burns
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How much oil it'd take to buy the US - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. Most of us view the world through dollar glasses. It's perfectly reasonable. Dollars, after all, are the currency we use in daily life.
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Foreclosure 'crisis' is overblown - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. A recent list of year-end mortgage foreclosure rates in 100 top metropolitan areas drew a lot of attention. Released by RealtyTrac, a company that compiles data on ...
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Variable annuities? Don't bother - MSN Money
By Scott Burns. Variable annuities have a tough row to hoe. Doomed to being measured against better alternatives, they simply can't overcome the burden of their fees or the higher tax ...
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