La lógica del dinero

Why do humans get so weird with money Why is it so strange to talk about And why do we do things with money that dont make any rational sense at all In this episode well meet a caveman uncover some of the strangest things we do with money and our lsquoNudge Unit will use a petrol tanker to try and help an arch procrastinator get her mind over money

They say that money cant buy you happiness but is that true In this episode Nigel talks with some recent millionaires meets a family who seems to have cracked the code for buying happiness and finds out why paying for things feels so painful The Nudge Unit throws a weirdly named TV Game Show in someones kitchen to help overcome an extreme case of buyers remorse

This is something a lot of us do and something that causes all kinds of problems in our lives So why do we spend money we dont have and what can we do about it Well demonstrate why our brains dont always think 5 is 5 investigate how a trick called lsquoanchoring shapes the way we respond to price tags and learn about the power of thinking about a thing called opportunity cost

Our brains have a surprising response to saving and in this episode Nigel sets out to find out why we dont like doing it and how we can get better at it Along the way hes going to take lollipops off little kids see if an ancient Greek hero can help some gymgoers and show us all how we cook the books inside our heads

One of the most important things we can do for our children is to help them be better with money But how exactly do you do that It turns out there are some tricks and traps Nigel will also show us something that Einstein reportedly said was ldquothe eighth wonder of the worldrdquo and maybe one of the most important things you can ever teach your kids about money

How can you get your mind over your money to get to the happy ending Well see if people would rather give themselves electric shocks than make a financial plan for their future Nigel will show us the perils of optimism The lsquoNudge Unit will nudge a young couple to meet their retired selves and see if we can explore their financial future