thrifty

In “The Millionaire Next Door,” Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko describe wealthy Americans as thrifty saver-investors who have long cured themselves of any taste for luxury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Fairly early in his lengthy investment career, in the mid-1960s, this thrifty son of Yorkshire, England, grew besotted with speculative small-cap stocks.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

Here are some other thrifty gifting tips from experts:

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

It’s thrifty, smart, and impossibly good — a dish that proves you don’t need much more than salt, acid, and time to make something sing.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025

In mid-September, Joe returned from the Grand Coulee with enough money to make it through another year if he was thrifty.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

While affluent Americans are getting thriftier on essentials, they are still spending on extras like wellness and travel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

But new survey data show that baby boomers — America’s richest generation and one often perceived as being thriftier those that followed — are more wasteful in certain spending categories than younger people.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

“Price hikes are accelerating particularly in food items, and household sentiment may turn more thriftier in coming months,” said Takumi Tsunoda, senior economist at Shinkin Central Bank Research Institute.

From Reuters ● Oct. 7, 2022

For many people today, the older containers are reminders of thriftier, more resourceful times.

From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021

"He's a thriftier person than some I could name."

From North of Boston by Frost, Robert

United already was one of the thriftiest spenders in MLS, and the latest belt-tightening left Olsen squeezing all he could out of a depleted roster.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2020

San Francisco Bay Area water users — some with no lawns —were among the thriftiest, using around 70 gallons of water per person per day.

From US News ● Apr. 2, 2015

Overnight I became the thriftiest person you’ve ever met—bar those people who split their toilet paper in half.

From Forbes ● Sep. 10, 2014

At just over two hours, with intermission, it’s certainly the thriftiest “Threepenny Opera” I’ve yet seen.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2014

Of all the rows of vegetables in Hiram's garden plot, the thriftiest and handsomest were the trellised tomato plants.

From Hiram the Young Farmer by Todd, Burbank L.