The YNAB Podcast

You Spend More Money with Credit Cards

Dec 5, 2022

12:28

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Do We Spend More as a Society Because of Credit Cards?

01:42

Do I Really Spend More Money or Not?

02:21

You Spend More When You Use a Credit Card

02:34

Introduction

2min

Credit Cards - The Consumer Ends Up Paying for the Convenience

1min

You Spend More When You Use a Credit Card

3min

Do I Really Spend More Money or Not?

2min

Do We Spend More as a Society Because of Credit Cards?

2min

Credit Cards

3min

It's a fact, you do. We know this because banks LOVE credit cards, and they're incentives for using credit cards rely on the fact that many people spend more money on credit than they would otherwise. Jesse meditates on the nature of credit card fees, incentives, and the game that banks play to get people to spend on credit.

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