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Transcript: Ramit Sethi

The Big Picture

You know, a rich life, most people expect a money book to start with a chapter on budgets. We’re going to get a budget. Everybody hates the word budget. Everybody hates the word budget. I hate budgets myself. RITHOLTZ: That’s more counseling than it is financial advice. RITHOLTZ: Buzzkill.

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Transcript: John Hope Bryant

The Big Picture

And as well-meaning as financial literacy is, it’s got two problems. One, it doesn’t have a budget allocation from Congress. They’re a budget, they’re a check writing organization. BRYANT: So money, unlike math, money is highly emotional. What they don’t want is an unfunded mandate.

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