Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2017-08-03
Books mentioned on 298. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The bad news: roughly 70 percent of Americans are financially illiterate. The good news: all the important stuff can fit on one index card.
Stephen Dubner discussed The Index Card by Helaine Olen and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Index Card
The Index Card by Helaine Olen and Harold Pollack is a practical guide explaining that personal finance does not have to be complicated, distilling sensible financial strategies down to basic, manageable rules.
Discussed“When my colleagues at the business school saw this and they saw what these rules were, they were just like, you're kidding. But that didn't stop him from turning his index card into a book co-authored with the journalist Helene Olin. It is called, yes, The Index Card.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Pound Foolish
“For one piece, he was interviewing the financial journalist Helene Olin about a book she'd written called Pound Foolish, exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry.”