Lorilee Craker learned that the Amish are not only surviving but thriving in the economic downturn, and decided to find out why. What she found was a dozen tried and true financial habits the Amish have employed for generations to make cash last longer and build wealth.

Upside down -- UWMW: used it up, wear it out, make do or do without -- Don't eat the marshmallow: learning delayed gratification -- Pay on time -- Rethinking gifts -- Saving -- Operation de-spoil the kids -- Repurpose, recycle, and reuse -- Dead horses smell bad but Debt smells even worse -- Shop secondhand -- To bulk or not to bulk? -- Amish foodies or frugal feinschmeckers -- Bartering: I'll trade you this cow for a bunch of rugs -- The best things in life are free.