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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

The Big Picture

I had an economics lesson, I had a life lesson, I had an epiphany, I had a race relations lesson, I had a self-esteem and confidence lesson. Being broke is economic, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind, a depressed condition of your spirit. It’s home economics class, doesn’t exist anymore. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

SETHI: Well, everybody thought they were a genius including me in 1999, 2000. What sort of advice would you give to a recent college grad who is interested in a career in either financial counseling or investing? You get a scholarship in high school, you put it in the stock market, and immediately lose half. RITHOLTZ: Sure.