Ask Paula: Financial Disaster? How to Get Help Before It’s Too Late
#454: Amy says she hit “rock bottom” with her finances. She says she struggled to ask for help before her situation became an emergency. How can others ask for help sooner?Rebecca is a mother of four,...
2 Aug 20231h 16min
The Importance of Having a Life Outside of Work, with Simone Stolzoff
#453: Today I chat with Simone Stolzoff, a consultant for organizations ranging from Google to the Surgeon General’s Office, and the author of "The Good Enough Job." He’s a graduate of Stanford and U....
27 Jul 202341min
Mind Games: How Confidence Shapes our Financial Markets, with Economist Peter Atwater
#452: Peter Atwater, an economics professor at The College of William and Mary and author of “The Confidence Map,” joins us to discuss how confidence shapes our financial markets.He explains how The H...
20 Jul 20231h
Ask Paula: The Hidden Costs of Leverage
#451: Rachel’s car is nearing its end of life and she’s short on cash. Should she sell before she’s hit with a major repair?Cam wants to arbitrage a hefty low-interest loan with a three-year payback p...
12 Jul 20231h 15min
The Surreal Business of War: A Reporter's Account of the Russian Economy in Chaos
#450: On the First Friday of each month, we roll out a bonus episode that’s totally different from what we usually produce.These bonus episodes are special, unique, and – we hope – round out a fuller,...
7 Jul 202359min
Ask Paula: Should You Buy Real Estate in Today’s Economy?
#449: Jackie is a 42-year-old paralegal with two rental properties. She wants to buy three more. She asks for Paula’s thoughts about today’s economy. Should she buy under these economic conditions?Jen...
6 Jul 20231h 18min
Ask Paula: We Make $300k. Why Are We NOT Financially Independent?
#448: An anonymous caller is dealing with guilt over spending a large cash gift. What’s the best use if she doesn’t have an obvious financial goal to throw at it?Eric reached financial independence a ...
28 Jun 20231h 13min
The Human Side of Remote Work, with Nick Bloom
#447: We talk to Stanford economist Nick Bloom about his groundbreaking research on working from home.Nick has been studying remote work for more than 20 years – since the 1990’s, when people were “te...
21 Jun 202349min
