money
6 statements across 5 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2024 by Arthur Brooks · across every show →
Everything said about money, oldest first
May 21, 2024 positive
Brooks: Happiness and love can be studied with rigorous economic seriousness
“The currency of your life, of the enterprise of your life, is love and happiness. That's what it is. And if you want to become rich in that, and that's really what matters, you better understand how it works. Furthermore, you can treat it with the same serious…”
Feb 26, 2025 neutral
Brooks: Money increases well-being for the poor by reducing unhappiness
“There are ways to buy happiness. Now to begin with, more money early on, and there's a bunch of studies on this that shows that when you have more money, when you're poor, then you, your wellbeing does rise. And the reason is not because of happiness. It's bec…”
Feb 26, 2025 negative
Brooks: Four uses of money bring happiness; buying material goods fails
“So there's five things you can do with money. Okay. This is a very much a Cody Sanchez part of the conversation, isn't it? Number one, you can buy stuff, right? We've already talked about that. Number two, you can buy experiences. Number three, you can buy tim…”
May 21, 2025 neutral
Dec 4, 2025 neutral
Manson: Money and happiness act like oxygen past a certain baseline
“Both money and happiness are They're like oxygen. When you don't have any, they solve everything, but when you have some, it solves nothing, right? So yeah, if you're broke, go get some money. Like, that's definitely gonna solve your problems, and if you're re…”
Feb 19, 2026 positive
Senra: Great entrepreneurs are obsessed with control, not money
“People think entrepreneurs are obsessed with money. I would argue they're obsessed with control. And that if you're talented, and you're working on a valuable product, or a problem, and you solve the problem for other people, and you maintain control, you wind…”