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How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hours to Radically Reform Their Economies
Season 2 Episode 271
Why don’t things in the US feel like they work the way that they should? Why does life feel so much harder than it would need to be, between exorbitant costs of housing, draining healthcare expenses,…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Powerful 0.01% Spending Rule, Making Career Shifts, & When to Adjust Your Asset Allocation
Season 2 Episode 270
In today’s episode with fellow money nerd, Nick Maggiulli, author of The Wealth Ladder and writer of Of Dollars & Data:
🫐 Why you might be spending too much time agonizing over small consumption …
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Understanding the Big Beautiful Bill's Repercussions, with the Highest Ranking Woman in Congress
Season 2 Episode 269
Amid the heat of recent legislative chaos, I got the opportunity to briefly sit down with the House Democratic Whip, Representative Katherine Clark, to ask what your average American can anticipate o…
Published on 3 months ago
On Moving to Make More Money, the Government’s PE Playbook, & Henah Buying a House
Season 2 Episode 268
In this week’s Rich Girl Roundup, my executive producer Henah and I talk through a variety platter of feedback, questions, and reflections—from being “in” but not “of” a certain group, to whether you…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
How This "Financial Ethicist" Plans for the Future of Retirement
Season 2 Episode 267
Today's guest, financial professional and author of The Future Poor, Jonathan Grimm, believes the post-1945 version of retirement planning (stockpiling as much cash as possible for 40 years and prayi…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit
Season 2 Episode 266
Hedge fund founder, author, and one of the top influences in the financial world, Ray Dalio has written about how countries (or, in his parlance, “empires”) find themselves in irreversible doom spira…
Published on 4 months ago
A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, and the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom
Season 2 Episode 265
Sometimes you encounter a person whose brain is such an effective X-ray for the world that you can’t help but spend 90 minutes working through a backlog of all the topics you’ve ever wanted to ask he…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"
Season 2 Episode 264
We’re back with a particularly spicy Rich Girl Roundup—this time covering the absolute barrage of feedback on the last three episodes ("Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist" with JL …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
'Rich Girl Nation' AMA: Answering Your Burning Questions About My First Book
Season 2 Episode 263
In honor of Rich Girl Nation's release, today’s episode has a Q&A featuring your questions about:
💰 The finances of writing a book with a publisher—like advance payments, proposals, and negotiati…Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life
Season 2 Episode 262
The economic uncertainty of March 2020 inspired me to think about what I really wanted to do with my life—and Money with Katie was born. Now in the midst of another bout of uncertainty, I wanted to c…
Published on 5 months ago