#39. Can surpassing the five stages of grief help you to conquer the pandemic?

09/08/20 • 50 min

When everything shut down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most people were able to hunker down to get through an acutely stressful period. But as this pandemic became an ongoing, chronic concern, we now understand that new coping mechanisms are essential. To move forward, it may even help to reflect on the five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In this episode, Trishul and Aaron discuss how their feelings have changed over the last few months and some of the ways they are trying to keep at it one day at a time.
Episode References
MMS #37. How to get rich and never pay a dollar in taxes.
Investing Forever - Coronavirus: What Do We Know Now?
FlowFP - Thriving in the time of COVID
Older Adults with Existing Depression Show Resilience During the Pandemic
Americans Are Stressed Out According to Gallup Poll
Why the Coronavirus Is Leading So Many Couples to Divorce
List of Ongoing Armed Conflicts
The 5 Stages of Loss and Grief
Coronavirus and the Pandemic: Social Distancing for 18 Months
Exercise as a Depression Treatment
Podcast Description
Welcome to The Mind Money Spectrum Podcast where your hosts Aaron Agte and Trishul Patel go beyond traditional finance questions to help you explore how to use your money to achieve the freedom you want in life. Aaron is a Financial Planner from the Bay Area, and Trishul is a Wealth Manager on the East Coast. For more information about Aaron, check out GraystoneAdvisor.com. And for more information on Trishul check out InvestingForever.com. We thank you all for listening, and stay tuned for our latest episode on our website, MindMoneySpectrum.com.

Aaron Agte and Trishul Patel go beyond traditional finance questions to help you explore how to use your money to achieve the freedom you want in life. Aaron is a Bay Area Financial Planner with GraystoneAdvisor.com, and Trishul is an East Coast Wealth Manager (InvestingForever.com). MindMoneySpectrum.com and YouTube.

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#38. The U.S. tax system is screwing you over. Here's what you can do about it.

In this episode, Trishul and Aaron discuss more ways the U.S. tax system helps the wealthy. Qualified Small Business Stock, self-directed IRAs, and Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts are all legal means by which rich people can side-step millions or potentially billions in taxes. But these are not just random loopholes. Now, corporations can legally spend unlimited sums of money lobbying politicians to write laws that favor, you guessed it, the wealthy. That's why it makes fiscal sense for a corporation to spend a billion dollars lobbying to save ten billion in taxes. In the end, if we think income inequality is a big deal, the first step to change is to understand how easy it is for the wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.
Episode References
MMS #37. How to get rich and never pay a dollar in taxes.
MMS #27. Can a UBI really pay for itself?
MMS #32. These estate planning tips can save you big time.
The Veil of Ignorance
The Biggest Companies Pay the Least in Tax
Facebook and the IRS Prepare for a 9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight
The 100 Million Dollar Mitt Romney IRA
How the Super-Rich Ducked 100 Billion in Estate Taxes since 2000
How Walmart's Waltons Are Using Charitable Trusts
The Walton GRAT
CRAT, CRUT, CLUT, GRIT, GRAT, and GRUT
U.S. Deficit by Year
Citizens United Explained
Who Pays More Taxes: Rich or Poor?
Who Are the One Percent in the U.S.?
Richard Wolff on Economic Inequality
Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS)
Podcast Description
Welcome to The Mind Money Spectrum Podcast where your hosts Aaron Agte and Trishul Patel go beyond traditional finance questions to help you explore how to use your money to achieve the freedom y

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#40. Will our eternal love of debt sacrifice our children's future?

In this episode, Trishul and Aaron get wonky as they try to explain Modern Monetary Theory. They introduce the difference between monetary policy and fiscal policy. And they try to explain how fiat currency, currency issuers, national debt, federal deficits, and debt service are all related. They discuss Stephanie Kelton's new book, The Deficit Myth, and some of the concerns of MMT. If deficits are not inherently good or bad, do you trust Congress to spend your hard-earned money wisely?
Episode References
MMS #27. Can a Universal Basic Income really pay for itself?
Investing Forever - One Lifetime of Wealth
At War with the Truth
U.S. Spending War on Terror Stands at 6 Trillion
Do 70% of the Benefits of the Trump Tax Law Go to the Top 1%?
Book Review of The Deficit Myth
Review of Stephanie Kelton's Deficit Myth
U.S. Debt Clock
U.S. Deficit by Year
7 Charts Showing that the Trumps Tax Cuts Are Not Economic Rocket Fuel
Social Programs Can Sometimes Turn a Profit for Taxpayers
The Deficit Myth - by Stephanie Kelton
Government Deficits vs. Private Sector
Stephanie Kelton - Twitter Page
Podcast Description
Welcome to The Mind Money Spectrum Podcast where your hosts Aaron Agte and Trishul Patel go beyond traditional finance questions to help you explore how to use your money to achieve the freedom you want in life. Aaron is a Financial Planner from the Bay Area, and Trishul is a Wealth Manager on the East Coast. For more information about Aaron, check out GraystoneAdvisor.com. And for more information on Trishul check out InvestingForever.com. We thank you all for listening, and stay tuned for our latest episode on our website, MindMoneySpectrum.com.