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Is It Possible for Everyone to Retire Early?
The FI/RE movement has picked up a lot of steam in recent years, but as one listener asks, how does that impact consumerism—and more broadly, can eve…
Money With Katie
09/09/2024
The Messy Economic Truth that the "Birth Rate Panic" Reveals
Some of you recently shared articles about the so-called “birth rate panic,” pointing out that the intersection of economic policy with people’s deci…
Money With Katie
08/28/2024
Single People's Most Impactful Financial Choice (and Understanding the Dual Income Household's Edge)
Many of you have asked: “How the heck do I make it work on a single income? What can I possibly do?” We’ll look at the levers you can pull (one in pa…
Money With Katie
08/26/2024
The Psychology of Overconsumption—and How to Shift Your Mindset for a Richer Life
Depending on the source, the average American buys between 1 and 1.3 new pieces of clothing every single week—and consumption is at an all-time high.…
Money With Katie
08/21/2024
How to Build Wealth and Support Family (with Boundaries)—Especially When You're First-Gen
On this week’s special Rich Girl Roundtable with Berna Anat: Traditional financial advice isn’t “one size fits all,” and that’s especially true for f…
Money With Katie
08/19/2024
The Predatory Life Insurance That's a Scam—and the One That's Legit
Life insurance is a notoriously scammy industry, made more confusing by the fact that there are legitimate forms of life insurance that aren’t a tota…
Money With Katie
08/14/2024
How to Calculate if You've Already Saved Enough for Retirement—and If It's Time to Slow Down
It's possible you might already have enough saved up for retirement, thanks to the power of compounding—a phenomenon in the FIRE community known as C…
Money With Katie
08/12/2024
Dealing with Money Dysmorphia: When Perception Isn't Reality
A few weeks ago, I asked you all if the concept of "disordered financial behavior" resonated with you—and the response was overwhelming. And while a …
Money With Katie
07/31/2024
How Much Should You Budget for Childcare? We Explore All the Options
In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Katie and Henah answer the one prompt they often receive as two childless women: "Please run the numbers on childca…
Money With Katie
07/29/2024
The Unconventional Approach Some Millennials Are Taking to Buy a Home
Millennials are taking matters into their own hands with the dueling crises of housing unaffordability and loneliness…by buying houses together. Bril…
Money With Katie
07/24/2024
The Ultimate Formula for Determining Your Financial Priorities
In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, we answer the age-old question: Should I prioritize putting money towards X or Y? Rich Girl Natalie shares the choi…
Money With Katie
07/22/2024
Will You Be Replaced by Someone Cheaper? It's the Great Salary Reset
We got a “tip” back in March (all right, fine, it was Henah’s friend) that a major US employer with hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue might …
Money With Katie
07/17/2024
Is Credit to Blame for Our Financial Complacency?
In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Rich Girl Carolynn responds to our most recent full episode on cognitive dissonance asking if access to large amoun…
Money With Katie
07/15/2024
BONUS: TradWives, Pop Culture, and Feminism with Caro Burke
While we’re technically in a bye week, we’re releasing a bonus episode with an unreleased portion of my conversation from last week with Caroline Bur…
Money With Katie
07/10/2024
The Cognitive Dissonance of "Getting Rich" and Imagining a Better "American Dream"
I recently wrote an article reflecting on the fact that an awareness of the systems you exist within can empower you to make even savvier individual …
Money With Katie
07/03/2024
Beauty, Botox, and Bleach: The Hot Girl Hamster Wheel in 2024
For this week's Rich Girl Roundup: After a few Rich Gals wrote in looking for an update on our Hot Girl Hamster Wheel episode, we decided to sit down…
Money With Katie
07/01/2024
Yes, You Might Be Saving *Too Much* for Retirement
You might be saving too much for retirement, if you aren't factoring in Social Security. But Social Security is the subject of a lot of pessimism, wi…
Money With Katie
06/26/2024
Will the Election Influence Your Finances? Our Attempted Nonpartisan Discussion to Figure It Out
For this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Rich Humans McKynna and Jake wanted to know: "Will the election impact our finances? How much does the president a…
Money With Katie
06/24/2024
Why "Having It All" Is Possible—But Isn't Worth It
There’s an expectation on women that we should be constantly striving to “have it all.” But as the pandemic laid bare, “having it all” usually just m…
Money With Katie
06/19/2024
Navigating Health Issues in the Workplace? Consider This
On this week's Rich Girl Roundup: If you're dealing with chronic illness or mental health issues, how do you strike the best balance between work and…
Money With Katie
06/17/2024