The Fed's financial quiz

Test your financial IQ with the Federal Reserve's personal financial literacy quiz and hear how members of the Marketplace staff faired.

PMI to the rescue?
If you have to get private mortgage insurance in order to put less than 20 percent down, how come it isn't saving us from the subprime mess? Jill Barshay investigates.

Uncle Sam says 'Pay up!'
Tax Day is right around the corner. What should you do if you're afraid you won't be able to pay in full? Tess asks Andrea Coombes for some options.

This is your brain on shopping
How much of our desire to spend, spend, spend is willpower and how much is hardwired? Tess submits herself to scientists at Stanford to try to discover the answer.

Ask the taxman
You've got tax questions, the IRS has answers and we get you connected. We revisit a February segment where Frank Keith of the IRS answered your refund questions.

Work Life: Comic store manager
On this week's a Day in the Work Life, we learn about the joys -- and dangers -- of a life lived among superheros with comic store manager Brandon Zern.

Individual development accounts
With most Americans saving less than 1 percent of their pay, how are low-income people supposed to save? Peter Granitz introduces us to the individual development account.

The end of an institution
Jonathan Clements, author of more than 1,000 columns for the Wall Street Journal, is hanging up his pen, but not before sitting down with Tess to talk about the state of personal finance.

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CONSUMER CONSEQUENCES
How many p***ts would it take to sustain humanity if everyone lived like you? Play our "Consumer Consequences" game and find out.