FIRE: „Wer finanziell unabhängig wird, gerät oft in eine Existenzkrise“
US-Autorin Vicki Robin gilt als geistige Vordenkerin der FIRE-Bewegung. Wie es ihr gelang, schon früh finanziell unabhängig zu werden – und warum sie die Frugalisten-Szene heute kritisch sieht.
Frankfurt. The dream of retiring early, financially independent and self-sufficient, is not uncommon. The FIRE movement, an acronym for Financial Independence, Retire Early, aims to achieve this goal. The trend originated in the United States and gained popularity in 2010 through online forums and blogs like Mr. Money Mustache, written by financial blogger Pete Adeney who quit his job as a software engineer at Cisco at the age of 30.
Vicki Robin, an American author and one of the movement's early pioneers, became financially independent in her 30s. She is considered the movement's intellectual leader for living off her savings in the 1980s, mainly through low expenses and high interest rates from US Treasury bonds. Today, Robin reflects on her investment strategies, the common misunderstandings about the FIRE philosophy, and her critical perspective on the hardcore frugal community.
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