Category Archives: Movies and Videos
- What It’s Like to Be Unemployed – Video
Here is a video we put together to help people understand what unemployment is like. http://www.youtube.com/embed/zVr8yEiqme8 Did we get it right? Add your feedback in the comments. @GetOutOfDebtGuy
- Dan Ariely and I Sit Down and Talk About the Behavioral Economics of Getting Out of Debt
Dan Ariely, a world recognized behavioral economist and I had an opportunity recently to sit down and talk about a number of issues and underlying unconscious choices that lead people in debt to make good or bad decisions in dealing with debt. Dan talks about the mistakes the financial services industry makes and the best [...]
- The Five Stages of Debt – How to Get Out of Debt Video Series
In this video I talk about the predictable stages of debt that everyone goes through. Once I point them out to you they will be obvious to you. You’ll recognize them in yourself and others struggling with debt. Embed Share Video about The Five Stages of Debt – How to Get Out of Debt Video [...]
- The Unforeseen Importance of Having a Boring Savings Account – Ask Steve Video
This week I answer Brandon’s question about saving money even if you are barely able to make ends meet. When you are just making it from month-to-month and paying the minimum payments alone it seems like a strange time to need to think about saving money. Most people don’t and then guess what happens when [...]
- Financing the American Family – 1935
This 1935 film was presented by Household Finance Corporation to help promote their loans. It gives a history of how money is used and has great shots of busy city streets. The answer to modern family financial troubles is a loan. The husband is turned away by the big mean bank who can’t help him [...]
- Manifesting Money
Here is a video I wanted to archive for you on the approach of the law of attraction and manifesting money. This is an approach I’ve heard many times before and this short video gives an introductory overview of manifesting your way out of debt. Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params [...]
- Buried by Debt (2005) – Film
“Buried by Debt: The Dangers of Borrowing” is a 2005 educational video designed to raise awareness about the practice of abusive lending and to let borrowers know how they can protect themselves. Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { [...]
- The Homeless Project – Part 3
This is the third and final video in a series we shot to help get a new perspective on money, credit, and debt problems. I selected a series of questions sent in through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and we went out and asked some homeless people if they would be willing to participate in this project [...]
- Inexpensive Wines and Student Loans – Ask Steve – Episode 1
This week on Ask Steve I answer reader and viewer questions on how to find an inexpensive wine and what to do about student loans if you are unemployed. In the first question my team and I tasted ten of the least expensive wines in an attempt to find some good deals for little money. [...]
- Shop-o-nomics: “Which Grocery Store Has The Lowest Prices?”
Two years ago today Steve put together and published a comparison shop of major wholesale food clubs, local grocery stores and convenient marts to find the lowest prices for staple items needed in kitchens and households. Today, 730 days later, we bring to you our 2010 Grocery Store Price Comparison Video. Last week Steve and [...]
- Ask Steve – New Video Series
We are starting a new video series called “Ask Steve” to help answer credit and debt questions in a new way. Here is the intro video below and as you can easily tell in the video, my hair has turned grey from the time my profile picture was taken. Personally I think it’s turned grey [...]
- Shop-O-Nomics: How the Missing Dollar Sign Makes You Spend More
I’m giving your reading muscles a break today and instead of writing you an article here’s a video based on a study put out by Cornell University in 2009 about the “Effects of Menu-price Formats on Restaurant Checks“. The study suggested that people were more inclined to purchase and spend more if the dollar sign [...]
- The Homeless Project – Part 2 [Video]
This is the second video in a series we shot to help get a new perspective on money, credit, and debt problems. I selected a series of questions sent in through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and we went out and asked some homeless people if they would be willing to participate in this project and share [...]
- The Homeless Project – Part 1
This is the first video in a series we shot to help get a new perspective on money, credit, and debt problems. I selected a series of questions sent in through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and we went out and asked some homeless people if they would be willing to participate in this project and share [...]
- How to Budget Your Money – Video – 1948
Budgeting, its a topic that has not changed much from the time some dude had two cows to spend. “Where did that other cow go?” Today we have all sorts of fancy products and systems to help us budget our money, but does budgeting have to be so hard? For the record, I hate to [...]