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Money for Families

Money for Families

By: Nathan Pali
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Money for Families is a personal finance and behavioral psychology podcast about how families really make money decisions—and how to make them better.

Raising kids, managing debt, saving for college, buying homes, planning retirement, navigating inflation—family money life is complex, emotional, and constant. This podcast explores family finance through history, the psychology of money, and the hidden forces that shape how parents and families earn, spend, save, and worry.

Each episode blends personal finance, behavioral finance, neuroscience of money, and clear explanations of the financial system to help families understand:

  • Why family money decisions are so emotional
  • How stress, fear, and comparison shape spending and saving
  • How children learn money habits from parents
  • How credit, debt, inflation, and markets affect families
  • Why financial mistakes repeat across generations
  • How to build healthy money systems at home

This isn’t a get-rich-quick podcast or a stream of budgeting hacks. It’s a story-driven guide to family financial planning, money psychology, financial behavior, and understanding how the systems around you affect your household.

If you’re interested in family finance, personal finance for parents, money and parenting, financial habits, college savings, household budgeting, wealth building for families, and learning how to raise financially healthy kids—this podcast is for you.

Money for Families Because money shapes families. And families shape the future.

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Episodes
  • Food Was the Bank: The Hidden History of Savings and Wealth
    Jan 22 2026

    Grain pits, root cellars, and livestock were once the world’s savings accounts. This episode reveals how food storage became humanity’s first form of wealth management — and what it teaches us about financial security today.

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    17 mins
  • The South Sea Bubble and Financial Follies
    Feb 15 2026

    In this episode, we explore the speculative frenzy of the South Sea Bubble in 1720s Britain, a period where financial innovation met widespread public speculation. We uncover how attempts to manage national debt led to an unsustainable stock market boom and its eventual dramatic collapse, leaving a lasting impact on financial regulations and public trust.

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction to the South Sea Bubble

    00:44 The South Sea Company's Proposition

    02:09 The Rise of South Sea Shares

    05:06 The Speculative Frenzy Spreads

    10:30 The South Sea Bubble Bursts

    15:34 Lessons from the Bubble

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    14 mins
  • Unpacking the Tulip Mania Bubble
    Feb 14 2026

    In this episode, we explore the historical phenomenon of Tulip Mania in the 17th-century Dutch Republic, examining how a market for exotic flowers transformed into a speculative bubble driven by contract trading. We discuss the societal conditions that enabled such speculation and the key factors that led to its eventual, yet contained, collapse.

    Chapters

    00:00 Tulip Mania's Beginnings

    00:00 The Dutch Republic Market

    02:04 Tulips as Status Goods

    03:20 The Rise of Tulip Contracts

    05:00 Low Entry, High Hype

    08:25 The Logic of Bubbles

    10:12 The Bubble Bursts

    13:02 Lessons from Tulip Mania

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    12 mins
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