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Tyler Gardner and Hanna Horvath discuss the psychological factors influencing financial decisions and the importance of understanding personal values in money management.

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People in this episode

Host: Tyler Gardner

Guest: Hanna Horvath

Topics covered

• financial psychology
• behavioral finance
• social pressure
• money decisions
• values and finance

Keywords

• financial advice
• spending behavior
• social comparison
• financial decisions
• psychology of money

Sponsors

Anthropic, Bilt, Gelt

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Books & works: Your Brain on Money

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