The Take 15 Series is a collection of illuminating, short conversations with noted economists, best-selling authors, leading researchers, and successful practitioners on topics ranging from geopolitics and whistleblowing to irrationality and outlooks.
Episode Transcript (PDF)
Topics discussed:
2:00 – Launching Wealth Matters column in the financial crisis
4:13 – Lessons gleaned over 500 columns
5:42 – Pauls’ favorite column
7:54 – Why do we have an aversion to talking to kids about money?
11:00 – Strategies for helping people talk about money
13:17 – Money scripts
16:00 – Paul’s writing process and how he keeps finding ideas
18:49 – Flops and mistakes in behavioral finance
21:30 – Richard Thaler and The Thin Green Line
24:54 – Clutch and Tiger Woods
27:58 – Writing for Golf Magazine
30:48 – Paul’s favorite golfing character and his favorite golfing story
33:06 – Ray of sunshine question
33:48 – NASA question
34:45 – Flight vs. Invisibility
Related articles and links:
- NYT Wealth Matters
- Somebody’s Watching ... and Ready to Sue
- A Bespoke Perfume Doesn't Come Cheap
- The Green Line Secrets
- Clutch: Why Some People Excel Under Pressure and Others Don't
- Golf Magazine