The Pursuit of Happiness
From A Walk Through the Mind by BillyBon3s
August 19, 2025 · 25 min · Episode 326
About this episode
The episode discusses the pursuit of happiness in the context of American society and financial struggles.
Here in the United States, we have the ability to achieve a leg up within the grand scheme of life. That is not that it is without struggle to achieve these new levels, but we are far less stifled than other populations of the past.Executive Producers:LadyGetOverItDame Slamyhttps://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcripthttps://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/pursuit-of-happiness-meaninghttps://lunchbreakinvesting.com/personal-finance/why-did-so-many-people-invest-in-the-stock-market-in-the-1920s/The Great Gatsby:https://ia801801.us.archive.org/15/items/the-great-gatsby_202101/TheGreatGatsby.pdfDevil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91360.Devil_Take_the_HindmostBarbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/781182.Barbarians_at_the_Gate
People in this episode
Host: BillyBon3s
Topics covered
- happiness
- financial speculation
- American dream
- struggle
- personal finance
Keywords
- happiness
- financial speculation
- American dream
- struggle
- personal finance
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Great Gatsby, Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Places: United States
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