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 or co-author of three books, Office Mate (2007), Pound Foolish (2012), and The Index Card (2016).
Biography[]
Olen graduated from Smith College and attended the University of Minnesota. She is married to the script writer Matt Roshkow[2] and has two sons.[3]
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.[4]
Selected works[]
- Losee, Stephanie; Olen, Helaine (2007). Office mate : the employee handbook for finding--and managing--romance on the job. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media. ISBN 978-1-59869-330-0. OCLC 145431720.
- Olen, Helaine (2008). "The mean moms". In Shari MacDonald Strong (ed.). The maternal is political : women writers at the intersection of motherhood and social change. Berkeley, Calif.: Seal Press. ISBN 978-0-7867-5075-7. OCLC 649315093.
- —— (2012). Pound foolish : exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry. New York: Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-59184-489-1. OCLC 809989018.[5][6]
- ——; Pollack, Harold (2016). The index card : why personal finance doesn't have to be complicated. New York, New York. ISBN 978-1-59184-768-7. OCLC 928750850.
References[]
- ^ "Helaine Olen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Prettier Than Napoleon: The Nanny Gets Dooced".
- ^ "Helaine Olen". WMC SheSource. Women's Media Center.
- ^ "Financial Advisers Selling Bogus Advice?". NPR. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Roger Lowenstein. "Book Review: Pound Foolish by Helaine Olen". Businessweek.com.
- ^ Kelly, Caitlin (2012-12-29). "'Pound Foolish' Eyes Problems of Personal Finance Advice". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- Olen, Helaine (2013-01-12). "Can't Save? Here's Why". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
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