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Thrift: A Timeless American Value
In a lecture sponsored by The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Andrew L. Yarrow discusses the rise and fall of thrift in American culture. Yarrow is the author of "Thrift: The History of an American Cultural Movement," published in 2015 by the University of Massachusetts Press.
The Lost Virtue of Thrift
To live in working-class and lower-income America today is to be surrounded by the debt culture. Need money? Get "EZ Cash" from your friendly neighborhood payday lender "in minutes!" It was not always this way. The deep commitment to thrift that once characterized our society would strike many Ameri...
All About the Benjamins : Understanding the Values of Thrift
Ten Reasons Why A Scout is Thrifty Text and Badge
A Person Who Makes Beautiful Things, 2008 (excerpt)
Thoughts on Thrift
Adventures in Thrift
A book intended, as the author puts it, "to suggest to young people and their teachers, in a non-sermonic way, some of the possibilities in thrift education." The author, Harry C. McKown, dedicates the book to his father, "a fine old gentleman who first interested me in thrift." His other books inc...