Radical Personal Finance

Today on Radical Personal Finance, we celebrate Tax Day in the United States (April 17, 2018). As we all reflect on the actions of the government we US Americans have just supported with our tax money, I thought it would be a good day to read to you a very helpful essay called, The Law. The Law was written in 1850 by Frédéric Bastiat, a French economist. If you haven't previously read this essay, be fo rewarned that the first third is fast-moving and the last third is fast-moving, but the middle drags a little.Hear it through, though. You'll be glad you did. Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Written version of The Law: http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

On Episode 466 of Radical Personal Finance, I discussed the idea of the US Government's certain default on its stated obligations and commitments by referencing Professor Lawrence Kotlikoff's Congressional testimony on this subject. After that show, my friend David Stein (host of Money for the Rest of Us) emailed me to tell me that I was wrong. :) So, I invited him on the show to debate it with me. Enjoy! Joshua Here's the previous show on Kotlikoff's work: https://radicalpersonalfinance.com/the-usas-long-term-fiscal-gap-and-why-it-matters-to-you-americas-fiscal-insolvency-and-its-generational-consequences-by-professor-laurence-kotlikoff/ Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! Today we discuss: Should I use an HSA account to pay for my medical expenses? What tools can I use to figure out a new career after unexpectedly coming back from foreign missions? Should I participate in my companies Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation program? Enjoy the show! Joshua This is the David Watson book I referenced.

In honor of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death on April 4, 1968, I thought you might enjoy hearing some of the audio from his last public sermon. This talk is entitled "The Drum Major Instinct." This sermon was preached in the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, about two months before King's death. The sermon was an adaptation of the 1952 homily ''Drum-Major Instincts'' by J. Wallace Hamilton, a well-known, liberal, white Methodist preacher. NOTE: I have clipped off King's introduction and started the audio of this recording at the point where he begins speaking about personal finances. To hear the full audio or to read a transcript of the entire speech, use this link: http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/multimediaentry/doc_the_drum_major_instinct/index.html Enjoy, Joshua p.s., there are a few clipped pieces of audio...these are a fault of the original recording. You can read the missing text in the transcript.

Today, a prelude to a discussion of how to lease a car. In this show we discuss a rational analysis of new car vs. used cars. Enjoy, Joshua Please support RPF on Patreon! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com.patron

It's Friday and it's time for a live Q&A show! If you'd like to call in next week, please sign up here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Today, we discuss: Transitioning from PC to Mac Enhancing a Personal Website By Helping Others Financial Advice for an 18-Year-Old Rockstar Major Financial Influences on Joshua Enjoy! Joshua p.s., remember...I'd love to talk to you next week! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/joshua

On today's show we go back 250 years to see what lessons for wealth we can learn from Benjamin Franklin. This show is an audio recording of Franklin's essay, "The Way to Wealth." Enjoy! Joshua Here's a text version of Franklin's essay: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretexts/_files/resources/texts/1758%20Franklin%20Wealth.pdf Please support RPF on Patreon: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron

It's Friday! Today I'm interacting with your comments on recent episodes of the show. We discuss: Correcting an error on real estate basis Radical financial plans vs traditional plans What happened to SudoPay And more! Joshua Book a consulting call with me. (It's on sale!) www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/phonecall

This show rounds out some friendly advice to help any interested listener who wants to put together a well-equipped home armory to do so in a thoughtful and financially prudent way. Today, we tackle the AR15 rifle. The AR15 is a wonderful rifle. It's not the best at any one thing, but it is truly good at many things. I'd love for you to have one if you don't already. So I thought you might appreciate some advice on how to get a good deal on one. Enjoy! Joshua p.s., In the show I referenced a statistic of police officers in a northeastern state not turning in their rifles after a ban. That particular story I referenced was actually a satire site that I stumbled over without realizing it. I got duped. I have no doubt that the thrust of the story is accurate, but the specifics I cited were flat wrong and untrustworthy. Sorry. p.p.s., My guest in today's show referenced the AR15 as stemming from a military firearm first. The AR15 was developed for the civilian marketplace first, then the military bought the plans for it and started producing it for their soldiers.

It's Friday! Today we cover: AirBnB Business Deductions Deductibility of Losses on a Personal Rental How to Get Great Podcast Guests If you'd like to join next week's Q&A call, do so here: www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron Joshua