About this episode

The episode explores the historical context of financial advice in America and the impact of corporations on wealth creation.

Americans have been hustling for financial wisdom for 300 years — but how much of that advice actually made anyone rich? First, historian Joseph Moore digs through centuries of money manuals, sermons, and get-rich schemes to separate the genuinely sound from the spectacularly absurd. Then, William Magnuson traces the rise of the corporation — the institution that may have shaped modern wealth more than any self-help book ever could. Sponsored By: Notion — Try Custom Agents now at ⁠notion.com/daily

People in this episode

Guests: Joseph Moore, William Magnuson

Topics covered

• financial wisdom
• wealth
• history of money
• corporations
• self-help

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