When she “met the football players”? What’s that all about? Well, a few years back, George Washington University started a special M.B.A. When I met the football players, then I had to be able to talk football seriously. If I needed to talk to my friend, we had to talk about football first. LUSARDI: I only became interested in football because everybody is watching football on Sunday. Our sports, for instance - especially American football. When Lusardi first moved to the States, many things were unfamiliar. LUSARDI: I have to say I cannot get rid of it. about 25 years or so ago for my graduate studies.Īs you can tell, she still sounds a bit Milanese. ![]() LUSARDI: I was born and raised in Milan and moved to the U.S. John BOGLE: It’s pretty simple: Avoid emotions and concentrate on the economics.Īnnamaria Lusardi is an economist who teaches in the business school at George Washington University. We’ll wrestle with the fact that a financial windfall does not guarantee long-term success:Īnnamaria LUSARDI: We found that 15 percent declare bankruptcy.Īnd: We’ll lay out a personal-finance road map that anyone can follow: ![]() Harold POLLACK: “You have just told me to save 20 percent of my money. We will wrestle with the standard advice on how much to save: As for the financial stuff - well, that’s something we all wrestle with that every day, isn’t it? Today on Freakonomics Radio, we’ll wrestle with it together. There’s at least a little bit of psychology in just about every episode of Freakonomics Radio. Number three was to become a writer - and that’s what I did. Number two was to become a financial advisor I really liked learning about saving and budgeting and investing - but, again, I was selfish I didn’t want to devote all my energy to other people’s problems. I really liked psychology - but, in the end, I decided I was too selfish to spend my days helping other people with their problems. And now I was trying to figure out what came next. ![]() A bunch of years ago, I had just quit what I had thought was my dream career - trying to become a rock star.
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