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Pound Foolish Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry

Helaine Olen

Small pleasures can bankrupt you: If you’ve ever bought a personal finance book, watched a TV show about stock picking, listened to a radio show about getting out of debt, or attended a seminar to help you plan for your retirement, you’ve probably heard some version of these quotes:

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Freakonomics Radio

It was mentioned in the context of exposing the potentially harmful aspects of the personal finance industry, particularly those practices that might not benefit the consumer.

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And I said to her, you know, isn't the industry's fundamental problem that the best advice for most people would fit on an index card and it's available for free at the library?

— Episode: Everything You Always Wanted to Know Abo...

Episode: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (...

It was mentioned in the context of exposing the potentially harmful aspects of the personal finance industry, particularly those practices that might not benefit the consumer.

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And I said to her, you know, isn't the industry's fundamental problem that the best advice for most people would fit on an index card and it's available for free at the library?

Episode: 298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Mo...

It was discussed in the context of exposing the negative aspects of the personal finance industry, particularly how it can mislead people into making poor financial choices.

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And I said to her, you know, isn't the industry's fundamental problem that the best advice for most people would fit on an index card and it's available for free at the library?

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