--- title: Brad Tuttle | TIME description: Brad Tuttle covers personal finance, consumer issues, and assorted nonsense for Money.com. He is a longtime contributor to the Business section of Time.com, was an editor at Wondertime and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazines, and teaches part-time in the journalism department at UMass-Amherst. He lives with his wife and four sons in western Massachusetts. canonical: https://time.com/author/brad-tuttle/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/brad-tuttle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brad Tuttle ## Brad Tuttle Brad Tuttle covers personal finance, consumer issues, and [assorted nonsense](http://time.com/money/2891248/fake-holidays-food-splurge-day-marketing/) for Money.com. He is a longtime contributor to the Business section of Time.com, was an editor at _Wondertime_ and _Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel_ magazines, and teaches part-time in the [journalism department at UMass-Amherst](http://www.umass.edu/journalism/). He lives with his wife and four sons in western Massachusetts. ## Brad Tuttle *  Mar 24, 2016 ### [America's Shopping Cart](https://time.com/4270351/americas-shopping-cart/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 23, 2014 ### [Why McDonald's Is Loving the Creepy New Mascot Everybody's Bashing](https://time.com/111277/why-mcdonalds-is-loving-the-creepy-new-mascot-everybodys-bashing/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 22, 2014 ### [This is the Worst Weekend for Road Trips](https://time.com/109176/this-is-going-to-be-the-worst-road-trip-weekend-ever/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 16, 2014 ### [Only Suckers Abide by Food Expiration Dates](https://time.com/103157/food-expiration-dates/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 16, 2014 ### [The Incredibly Simple Way to Get Drivers to Buy Fuel Efficient Cars](https://time.com/103019/the-incredibly-simple-way-to-get-drivers-to-buy-fuel-efficient-cars/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 13, 2014 ### [Most People Say They Could Get Rid of Tons of Stuff and Still Be Happy](https://time.com/97715/most-people-say-they-could-get-rid-of-tons-of-stuff-and-still-be-happy/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 13, 2014 ### [Free Cone Day, Free Ice Cream at Haagen-Dazs Tuesday May 13](https://time.com/97483/free-cone-day/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 12, 2014 ### [One of Life's Annoying Regular Expenses Is Getting Cheaper](https://time.com/96278/owning-a-car-cost/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 11, 2014 ### [6 Mother's Day Factoids to Show You're Not a Horrible, Ungrateful Son or Daughter](https://time.com/93875/6-mothers-day-factoids-to-show-youre-not-a-horrible-ungrateful-son-or-daughter/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 8, 2014 ### [3 Next-Gen Plug-In Cars That Could be Game Changers](https://time.com/92560/3-next-gen-plug-in-cars-that-could-be-game-changers/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 7, 2014 ### [Airline Relaunches Brand to Tell Passengers Not to Expect Much](https://time.com/91103/airline-relaunches-brand-to-tell-passengers-not-to-expect-much/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 6, 2014 ### [Between Airline Fees and Travelers, Bags are a Battlefield](https://time.com/89509/more-travelers-are-fighting-back-to-avoid-airline-baggage-fees/) The Department of Transportation reported that U.S. airline companies brought in $3.35 billion in ba... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 5, 2014 ### [Better Fuel Efficiency Is Hurting the Most Efficient Cars of All](https://time.com/87956/fuel-efficient-cars/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 2, 2014 ### [Could It Be? Gas Prices May Have Already Peaked for 2014](https://time.com/85916/could-it-be-gas-prices-may-have-already-peaked-for-2014/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 30, 2014 ### [Grab That Apartment Before the Rent Spikes](https://time.com/82875/grab-that-apartment-before-the-rent-spikes/) [WORLD](/section/world/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/brad-tuttle/","name":"Brad Tuttle"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/brad-tuttle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/brad-tuttle/"},"name":"Brad Tuttle","jobTitle":null,"description":"Brad Tuttle covers personal finance, consumer issues, and assorted nonsense for Money.com. 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