The Benefits of Being Thrifty
Craig Ey, Philadelphia Business Journal, 1/21/2011
So Philadelphia this week became the first American city since 1966 to celebrate National Thrift Week... According to the Web site bringbackthriftweek.org, Thrift Week can trace its beginnings to 1916 when "the leaders of America's major civic organizations launched an ambitious education campaign designed to ready the American public for a wartime economy."