

How to Claim Your Financial Power in a Broken System - Author of Rich Girl Nation, Katie Gatti Tassin
Jun 11, 2025
Join financial content creator Katie Gatti Tassin, founder of Money with Katie and author of Rich Girl Nation, as she discusses how women can reclaim their financial power amid systemic challenges. She tackles the gender wage gap and the biases women face in finance, emphasizing the need for tailored strategies. Katie also highlights the necessity of genuine financial education and the impact of investment diversification. With insights on wealth-building tactics and navigating financial agreements in relationships, this conversation is both empowering and enlightening.
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Systemic Roots of Wealth Gap
- The gender wealth gap results from systemic issues beyond interpersonal bias.
- Policies like mandatory paid paternity leave can shift societal roles and reduce gaps more effectively than empowerment talks.
Unique Financial Burdens on Women
- Women face unique financial burdens such as beauty expenses and motherhood penalty that compound over a lifetime.
- These systemic and social factors lead women to retire with significantly less income on average than men.
Learning Negotiation Through Sale
- Katie negotiated the sale of her brand Money with Katie to Morning Brew and learned a lot about business negotiation.
- She later ensured terms to buy back her brand if she decided to leave, reflecting lessons in protecting intellectual property.