The Psychology of Money
by Morgan Housel
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on Mick Unplugged.
The general take
Morgan Housel emphasizes that The Psychology of Money tackles something universally important—money is a topic that affects everyone whether they're interested in it or not, and it has a profound impact on life. He frames it as one of two topics (along with health) that are impossible to avoid, making the book's subject matter inherently relevant to everybody.
About
**OVER 10 MILLION COPIES SOLD AROUND THE WORLD… The Psychology of Money is the original bestselling classic from the author of the new book, The Art of Spending Money .** Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together.
Who said what
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…discussing the two universal topics that affect everyone regardless of interest
“I always said this in my first book, The Psychology of Money. There are two topics that impact everybody, whether they like it or not, which are money and health. Like whether or not you're interested in those topics, those topics are interested in you and they will have a profound impact on your life.”
Mick Unplugged — Why You’ll Never Feel Rich with Morgan Houselat 01:30
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