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On Overvalued Stocks, Tithing & Mutual Aid, and Creating Enforceable Prenups

On Overvalued Stocks, Tithing & Mutual Aid, and Creating Enforceable Prenups

We covered more ground than usual in this Rich Girl Roundup, because a few themes dominated your feedback and questions. On today’s show, in addition…

Why the "Double Tax" is the Canary in the Economic Coal Mine We Need to Pay Attention to

Why the "Double Tax" is the Canary in the Economic Coal Mine We Need to Pay Attention to

Today, I’m talking with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a writer and researcher as well as the youngest-ever recipient of the Women’s Human Rights Award by…

Personal Finance is Broken—Can These Economists Fix It?

Personal Finance is Broken—Can These Economists Fix It?

My guests this week, economic professors John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai, argue that the financial system itself is a powerful contributor to wealt…

A CFP on Outdated Advice, "Jumping" Social Classes, & Why Money Mindset Matters

A CFP on Outdated Advice, "Jumping" Social Classes, & Why Money Mindset Matters

This week, Certified Financial Planner® Adrianna Adams joins us to answer six questions pulled from last year’s final round of listener submissions. …

On Worthwhile Side Hustles, Financial Tradeoffs, & Frustration with American Politicians

On Worthwhile Side Hustles, Financial Tradeoffs, & Frustration with American Politicians

In today’s Rich Girl Roundup, we’re discussing a wide range of alternately nerdy and controversial (sometimes both) topics: 🩹 The role of insura…

How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hour to Radically Reform Their Economies

How Other Countries Used Their Darkest Hour to Radically Reform Their Economies

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 exorbita…

The Powerful 0.01% Spending Rule, Making Career Shifts, & When to Adjust Your Asset Allocation

The Powerful 0.01% Spending Rule, Making Career Shifts, & When to Adjust Your Asset Allocation

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 spend…

Understanding the Big Beautiful Bill's Repercussions, with the Highest Ranking Woman in Congress

Understanding the Big Beautiful Bill's Repercussions, with the Highest Ranking Woman in Congress

Amid the heat of recent legislative chaos, I got the opportunity to briefly sit down with the House Democratic Whip, Representative Katherine Clark, …

On Moving to Make More Money, the Government’s PE Playbook, & Henah Buying a House

On Moving to Make More Money, the Government’s PE Playbook, & Henah Buying a House

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…

How This "Financial Ethicist" Plans for the Future of Retirement

How This "Financial Ethicist" Plans for the Future of Retirement

Today's guest, financial professional and author of The Future Poor, Jonathan Grimm, believes the post-1945 version of retirement planning (stockpili…

Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit

Ray Dalio on What the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Means for America's Deficit

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, “em…

A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom

A Masterclass in Connecting Status, Power, & the Economy with Tressie McMillan Cottom

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 back…

On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"

On Mitigating Financial Risk, Monopolies, & the Power Dynamics of "Speaking Up"

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…

'Rich Girl Nation' AMA: Answering Your Burning Questions About My First Book

'Rich Girl Nation' AMA: Answering Your Burning Questions About My First Book

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 publis…

How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life

How to Use Today's Economic Uncertainty to Get Closer to Your Dream Life

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 m…

Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist: JL Collins, Godfather of Financial Independence, Returns

Student Loans, 50% Save Rates, and Being a Capitalist: JL Collins, Godfather of Financial Independe…

The last time JL Collins joined me on the show (our most popular episode ever), we covered everything from millennial challenges, to his “VTSAX and R…

On Radicalization, Wealth, and "Bringing Back" Manufacturing Jobs

On Radicalization, Wealth, and "Bringing Back" Manufacturing Jobs

In this Rich Girl Roundup review: We’re discussing a uniquely challenging crop of feedback, critiques, and questions about… the episode that gene…

On American Exceptionalism, "Good" Jobs, and Manufacturing Nostalgia

On American Exceptionalism, "Good" Jobs, and Manufacturing Nostalgia

In this Rich Girl Roundup review: We’re discussing a uniquely challenging crop of feedback, critiques, and questions about… the episode that gene…

A $5,000 Baby Bonus, Birth Rates, and...the Manosphere?

A $5,000 Baby Bonus, Birth Rates, and...the Manosphere?

Can you pay people to have kids? On one hand, countries that have beefed up social safety nets and pay people to procreate often see short-term succe…

This Private Equity Exec Wants to 5x Your Wages with Employee Ownership

This Private Equity Exec Wants to 5x Your Wages with Employee Ownership

Given private equity’s reach (1 in 25 work for a business owned by a PE firm), the industry has the power to shape work culture at scale, for better …