The Morgan Housel Podcast

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Cumulative vs. Cyclical Knowledge

In some fields our knowledge is seamlessly passed down across generations. In others, it’s fleeting. To paraphrase investor Jim Grant: Knowledge in some fields is cumulative. In other fields it’s cyclical (at best).

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  Out Now: The Art of Spending Money (First Full Chapter Here)

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  Two Big Stories That Help Explain Today's World

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  Playing Your Own Game

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  Big Ideas From The Art of Spending Money

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  Investing: The Greatest Show on Earth

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  What AI Might Do To The Future of Work

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  Very Bad Advice (And a Word on My New Book)

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  How I Think About Debt

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  A Few Important Questions For You (And Some Thoughts About Buffett)

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  Let Me Convince You To Save Money

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  How We Used to Live (Levittown, Progress, and Expectations)

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  Tariffs, Trust, Risk, and Regret

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  My Thoughts on Tariffs, Economic History, and the Market Decline

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  Reasonable vs. Rational

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  Fees vs. Fines: The Cost of Admission in Investing

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  Beautiful vs. Practical Advice