Helaine Olen, a financial journalist for Slate, Inc., and most of the big newspapers at one
point or another, believes the hype around personal finance expertise has lead to a lot of bad advice over the years.She's sort of a personal finance anti-expert, a veteran of the space who has seen the rise, and
occasional descent, of dozens of personal finance gurus over the years, and who urges
readers of her book Pound Foolish to treat them all with skepticism.