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May 26, 2026 
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Hi everyone —
In this week’s Your Money newsletter exclusive, we bring you one unique take from a newly published book about money. We’ve done this in the past when we see books we like but haven’t written about in article form, and we’ll do it again here from time to time.
In “The Joy of Money,” former union organizer Carrie Joy Grimes does something that we neglect to do in our New York Times coverage sometimes: She explains how personal finance is only half personal.
That’s because there are systems — laws, regulations, policies, power — that can bedevil even those consumers with the best of habits. Seeing those systems clearly and then addressing them is the non-personal half of personal finance.
“Taking full responsibility for our money means using the power we have as consumers, employees, voters, audiences and entrepreneurs to negotiate for the economy we want,” she writes.
How? Pull each of those five levers in service of the issues that affect your money — as market actors, workers, citizens who show up for elections, potential viewers and innovators.
That last one, especially, is easy to forget. If you don’t like something, start something better — and lobby for less red tape and “fewer ridiculous rules,” as Carrie Joy describes them, that can keep new start-ups from being able to compete effectively.
Below, you’ll find a roundup of our coverage from the last several days. Have a good week.
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