What the hell is FICO?!

Banks are one of the major players in and causes of today's credit crisis. And they're literally bleeding cash. So, it's no surprise that they're trying to make up for it. Unfortunately, you're the one that may be penalized.

No, it's not a money-saving diet where you only eat Cap'n Crunch. Instead, Crunchonomics is a landing page that The Wall Street Journal has created to collect past and present articles that can help people through these tough economic times.

Considering the credit crunch, recession, and crazy-volatile stock market, it's no surprise that money--particularly saving it--is on people's minds.

Barack Obama thinks you should take Election Day off, and I couldn’t agree more. Somehow America still celebrates “Columbus Day,” which has about as much to do with freedom as Guantanamo Bay, yet we can’t even give our citizens the opportunity to exercise their most basic right to vote.

I have a friend. And her father used to be cheap. For example, he'd ask his wife to use as few pieces of toilet paper as possible after going to the bathroom. However, along comes the environmental movement (which, by the way, we're all for), and instead of being cheap

Did you know that students expect to earn 44 percent more than they actually do when they graduate? And that at most college, each class breaks down to $100 per hour? (No use feeling guilty about sleeping through most of them now!)

If you've been watching the news over the past few weeks, you might have noticed how the stock market lost 50% of its value and everyone started freaking out. But what if you've been depositing money in a 401(k) or Roth IRA? Should you keep pouring money into a sinking ship?

The dog days of debt have consumed the nation, and as members of so-called “Generation Debt,” perhaps it’s time to face the facts and peer into the abyss of our bank accounts. Check out these articles from Consumerist to get the ball rolling on a new era of financial self-awareness: