Ep 340: What Pop Finance Gets Right and Wrong

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 5 a.m.

b'Personal finance isn\\u2019t one-size-fits-all. When it comes to managing our money, when does it make sense to look at data, and when might emotions or life experience matter more? Yale finance professor James Choi put this question to the test in his newest research, when he compared the advice given by economists to the advice given in bestselling personal finance books. What he found may surprise you. In Mailbag, one listener shares her struggles with selling her car. Another asks how much she would pay in capital gains tax on a home sale. In Thrive, how to negotiate a longer parental leave.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'