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518. Are Personal Finance Gurus Giving You Bad Advice?

Freakonomics Radio

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Contradictory Financial Decisions and an Advertisement for Mizen and Maine

This chapter explores how people often make financial choices that contradict their beliefs, using the example of Jack Bogle investing in his son's fund despite his belief in low-cost indexing. It emphasizes the messy and nonsensical nature of real-world financial decisions, and includes an advertisement from Mizen and Maine, a company selling comfortable and fashionable dress shirts.

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