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Apr 2023
20m 20s

Your Money and Your Family

Morgan Housel
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One of the most complicated topics in money: How it impacts your family.

Your spouse.

Your kids

How do you avoid spoiling kids? 

How do you and your spouse learn to agree about the best way to spend? 

There are no easy answers -- but I try my best here, including sharing the letters I wrote to my kids when they were born. 

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