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Money Guy

Money Guy

By: Nathan Pali
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Money Guy is a personal finance and behavioral economics podcast about how everyday people can finally understand money—and make smarter decisions with it.

Money controls more of your life than almost anything else, yet most of us were never taught how the financial system works, why we make irrational choices, or how wealth is actually built. This podcast explores personal finance through history, the psychology of money, and the hidden mechanics behind banking, credit, investing, and markets.

Each episode blends behavioral finance, neuroscience of money, financial history, and clear, practical explanations of how money really works. You’ll learn:

  • Why smart people make emotional money decisions
  • How fear, greed, and comparison shape spending and saving
  • How the brain processes risk, reward, and loss
  • How banks, credit, inflation, and markets actually function
  • Why bubbles, crashes, and financial mistakes repeat
  • How habits quietly build wealth—or destroy it
  • How to think clearly about money in a confusing system

This isn’t a stock-tip show or a get-rich-quick podcast. It’s a story-driven guide to personal finance, money psychology, financial behavior, and understanding the systems that quietly run your financial life.

If you’re interested in personal finance, behavioral economics, psychology of money, how the financial system works, investing behavior, wealth building, financial habits, and learning how to make better money decisions without stress or hype—this podcast is for you.

Money Guy Clear thinking. Better money. A calmer future.

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Episodes
  • Before Budgets: How Humans Planned Without Numbers
    Jan 23 2026

    No spreadsheets. No balances. No forecasts. Just seasons, experience, and survival. Learn how humans planned resources and managed risk before numbers dominated personal finance.

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    17 mins
  • Unpacking the Tulip Mania Bubble
    Feb 14 2026

    In this episode, we explore the historical phenomenon of Tulip Mania in the 17th-century Dutch Republic, examining how a market for exotic flowers transformed into a speculative bubble driven by contract trading. We discuss the societal conditions that enabled such speculation and the key factors that led to its eventual, yet contained, collapse.

    Chapters

    00:00 Tulip Mania's Beginnings

    00:00 The Dutch Republic Market

    02:04 Tulips as Status Goods

    03:20 The Rise of Tulip Contracts

    05:00 Low Entry, High Hype

    08:25 The Logic of Bubbles

    10:12 The Bubble Bursts

    13:02 Lessons from Tulip Mania

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    12 mins
  • Spanish Silver and Europe's Price Revolution
    Feb 13 2026

    In this episode, we explore how overwhelming quantities of silver from the Americas reshaped 16th-century European economies and triggered the 'Price Revolution.' We also discuss how this surge in global money resulted in widespread inflation, economic paradoxes for Spain, and a silent redistribution of wealth across society.

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to New World Silver

    01:55 The Price Revolution Begins

    04:46 Silver's Journey and Spain's Paradox

    08:46 Impact on Contracts & Society

    11:52 Spain's Struggles and Global Reach

    15:23 Lessons from Abundant Money

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    12 mins
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