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Almost 10 years ago, I lived in a city surrounded by hordes of other early 20-somethings. We were Venn diagrams of friend groups connected by mutual acquaintances or college roommates, hailing from all over the country and bringing unique backgrounds that were mostly unknown to one another. When you’re growing up, you usually know why […]
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a listener who was grappling with the hollow trappings of prestige. She described graduating from an MBA program and starting a fancy management consulting job. She felt like she had really made it—for a little while. “Even though information about how management consulting sucks is widely […]
When we first moved to California, our next-door neighbors—a very kind Gen X couple—knocked on our door and invited us over for dinner. In the following weeks, they’d pop over to check in, periodically lending a tool or an extra set of hands. One day while I was stuck in traffic coming back from San […]
I rarely go physically grocery shopping anymore, opting instead for the convenience of delivery orders of roughly five days’ worth of meal-making materials at a time. But this past Saturday, I decided to take the entire day off (¡escándalo!)—so why not take the time to drive across town and peruse the produce in person? Before […]
On The Money with Katie Show this week, we’re discussing a flurry of scams designed to infiltrate hearts, minds, and wallets—from MLMs to prosperity gospel megachurches (and all of the delightful contradictions therein). As we were developing the episode, I kept circling the concept of individualism: a cultural belief system (and, I suppose, a political […]
This week on The Money with Katie Show, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing a legend in the financial planning world, Bill Bengen. He established the “historical safe withdrawal rate,” better known as the 4% rule, on which the majority of traditional financial planning is now based. He is my Regina George, and his […]
A meme recently circulated on social media that had people in a tizzy: It claimed 52% of young adults live with their parents. If this is the first time you’re learning of this bewildering statistic, you’re probably jumping to one of two conclusions: The “cupcake trophy generation” clearly can’t hack it without mommy and daddy; […]
tl;dr “A completely unregulated system would only serve to exacerbate the problem (as the FTX meltdown has more or less exemplified with comic precision), and a socialist system would probably ensure there’s not much wealth to fight over (as the Bros are quick to point out by referencing Venezuela). Neither group’s solution addresses the heart […]