Is it Logical to be Irrational About Money?

08/07/19 • 27 min

Why do our brains seem hard-wired to skew our decisions and lead us astray? Host Mike Norton explores how our irrational impulses affect our decisions — both personally and financially — and what we can do about it.

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Explore the roots of human irrationality and how our innate quirks affect our financial lives and the wider world. Join host Mike Norton, a social psychologist at Harvard Business school, and journalist Allison Schrager, as they dig into everything from why an egg got over 50 million likes to how your family history can influence your money habits. Talking Green is an original podcast from TD Ameritrade, produced together with The New York Times’s T Brand Studio.

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