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The Pleasure of Practicing Frugality and the Task of Securing Self-Government

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The Pleasure of Practicing Frugality and the Task of Securing Self-Government
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Clifford Humphrey
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Splitting your own wood warms you twice, so goes the old proverb. Similarly, practicing frugality enriches you twice: first, by leaving more money in your pocket and secondly, by shaping your character into a person who makes better choices about money generally.

Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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