What are the impediments to the mass adoption of electric vehicles.

Why most conventional portfolios make huge and often unintended bets on the stock market. How role based investing can lead to a more balanced portfolio. Show notes at https://moneyfortherestofus.com/201-portfolio-unbalanced/ ‎

How a bank panic led to the creation of the Federal Reserve, and why having diversified sources of money can protect us in case we have a bank panic today and can't get access to our bank deposits.

Why save for retirement if capitalism is going to collapse and/or universal basic income will be available. How millennials can lead the next work transition.

Why having less things and activities gives us more freedom and happiness. Why low probability risks are unacceptable if the consequences affect all of us.

Why relying on averages is dangerous given our fate is often determined by extreme events and how we react as financial markets, the economy and our own lives evolve.

Why duties and other actions are necessary to address trade disputes, but across the board tariffs are a blunt instrument that can lead to a devastating trade war and global recession.

Four investment lessons from Berkshire Hathaway's fiscal year 2017 Shareholder Letter with additional insights from Howard Marks and Seth Klarman.

How planning helps us avoid catastrophic errors while maintaining flexibility and margins of safety allow us to thrive even if our plans don't work out.

In this episode we explore scarcity. Artificial scarcity created by laws and real scarcity created by our evolving lifestyles and economy. We'll see that most physical products, with drinking water being an exception, are becoming less scarce while trust and attention are becoming more scarce.

Why interest rates are rising and what could happen to bonds, stocks and the economy if rates returned to more normal levels.

What investments are best for maintaining purchasing power relative to inflation. Using the pencil as an example, how inflationary and deflationary forces work together over decades to determine the price of product.

Will increasing the minimum wage help or harm workers and businesses? How many U.S. workers are paid at or below the minimum wage?

How our net worth is more than our financial capital but includes our lifetime earning capacity or human capital. What role does debt play in investing in human capital and how our human capital impacts how we allocate our financial investments. Why stocks aren't less risky in the long-term. How to invest a lump sum payment and how I recently d ...…

Why opportunity costs should be our primary frame for deciding what to buy instead of anchoring, mental accounting or whether we pay with a credit card or cash.

Why paying taxes has very little to do with funding the federal government. We also explore the potential impact of the U.S. tax reform on households, businesses and the economy.

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A wide ranging discussion on retirement math, sequence of return risk, investing buckets, scaling exposure to Bitcoin and gold, and creating a lifestyle business.

How Illinois and other states can suffer a debt crisis like Greece but why it wouldn't lead to an economic depression similar to what Greece suffered.

Why technology eliminates jobs but doesn't increase the level of unemployment even though for more than 50 years that has been the worry.

What to look for when investing in public real estate investment trusts ("REITs), private REITs and direct real estate deals on crowdfunding real estate platforms. What are current valuations for REITs and commercial real estate.

What caused tulip mania in the 17th century in the Netherlands and how is it similar to Bitcoin?

What is the economic impact of illegal immigration. What would be the cost and impact of mass deportation.

Why have college endowments underperformed a simple three fund Vanguard portfolio? Should you mirror a simple two or three fund portfolio or invest more like an endowment with multiple asset classes?

How a concern about interfering in markets and trade may have contributed to over one million deaths during the 19th century Great Famine in Ireland.

How a country’s working age population growth impacts economic growth and stock returns. What Japan can do about its population decline.

How high profits and low investment by business in R&D and workers lead to income inequality. Why the current situation is unsustainable and what can be done about it.

What percent of Americans are insolvent and what makes data trustworthy.

What attributes should you look for in analyzing an investment advisory firm, financial planner, investment partnership, crowdfunding platform or other investment related offerings.

What the Amish can teach us about adopting new technology without being overwhelmed.

What are some of challenges of investing using long-term economic cycles.

Why your personal data will be compromised if it hasn't already been, and what to do to protect yourself from the consequences of identity theft.

Why cities are the primary driver of economic growth and why do they outlive companies.

Why investment markets can be both efficient and inefficient depending on the environment, and how that should impact your investing.

A short episode on the August 2017 solar eclipse as it happened.

What could happen if the U.S. Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling and defaults on U.S. financial obligations, and why does Congress wait until the last minute before it acts on these things.

How being a millennial is both different and the same from young adults of earlier generations.

Why bitcoin is a compelling speculative diversifier and how it has been a better store of value than both the U.S. dollar and gold.

Why enterprises, industries, and economies can't grow at all costs but need to enrich humanity and strive for permanence and sustainability through regeneration.

How corporations evaluate and use investment capital provided by individuals. Why companies find it easier to buy back stock rather than invest in capital projects.

How to use the asymmetric payoff of options, trial and error, and commitments to better yourself financially and in other areas of your life.

A conversation with Roger Whitney about retirement investing, asset allocation, active versus passive management, luck versus skill, behavioral finance the difference between investing, speculating and gambling.

How an indexing bubble is manifest, why most active managers underperform and how individuals can structure their own quasi index fund that outperforms the market.

What causes inflation and why do central banks allow it to persist instead of having a 0% inflation target.

How retirement planning and retirement spending calculators work and what are some of their flaws. Why figuring out how much money you will have when you retire and how long it will last is a lot like the work hydrologists do to figure out whether Phoenix or Los Angeles will run out of water.

How cost, complexity and an unachievable standard keeps us from consuming ethically while the stories we tell ourselves make us feel good about our purchases anyway.

In this interview with Michael Port, we discuss asset allocation, business, healthcare, minimalist investing, roboadvisors, our emotional relationship with money, and selecting a financial advisor.

What is volatility, what determines it and how to invest in it. But should you?

How reserves, slack and simple rules of thumb help us deal with radical uncertainty. Why the next financial crisis is unlikely to be like the last one. This episode of Money For the Rest of Us is sponsored by Health IQ, an insurance company that helps health conscious people get special life insurance rates. Go to healthiq.com/david to support ...…