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Investing 3: Smooth Spending & The 401K

Investing 3: Smooth Spending & The 401K

FromPlanet Money Summer School


Investing 3: Smooth Spending & The 401K

FromPlanet Money Summer School

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Even if you don't own stocks, there are a lot of reasons to care about investing. We meet some of the folks left out of the stock market who deploy sophisticated economic thinking, even creating their own alternate financial systems. Our professors help us understand how consumption smoothing and life-cycle theory apply to personal finance. And we meet the creator of the 401(k). | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.
Released:
Aug 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

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