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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

So, you start the blog in 2004, more or less. What sort of advice would you give to a recent college grad who is interested in a career in either financial counseling or investing? We’d rather dream about having 10 million then start investing $100 a week. RITHOLTZ: Perfect is the enemy of the good, isn’t it?