Data and Goliath
Collecting personal data is a big business for many companies. Should you be getting a cut? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 03, 2022•31 min
Best New Ideas in Money
To change the world, we may need to change money first. Best New Ideas in Money explores innovations that rethink how we live, work, spend, save and invest. Each week, MarketWatch financial columnist James Rogers and economist Stephanie Kelton will talk to leaders in business, tech, finance and government about the next phase of money's evolution, and meet real people whose lives are being changed as these new ideas are put to the test.
Episodes
How to plan a 100-year life
Increasingly people live a third of their lives after they stop working. Is it time to redesign our life map? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 27, 2022•29 min
Could the bank of the future be a post office?
Proponents say postal banking could help millions of Americans without access to a local bank. But as more money goes digital, do we even need brick and mortar locations? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 20, 2022•25 min
Here's what could happen if we canceled all student debt
Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student loans. Wiping that out would not only provide relief, but economic stimulus, advocates say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 13, 2022•30 min
How crypto is making us rethink money
In part 2 of Money: We totally made it up, we explore the next phase of money's evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 06, 2022•30 min
Want to change your money habits in 2022? Use a snudge
This week, we're revisiting an episode on the new science of changing your behaviors around money, investing, and everything else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2021•28 min
Money: We totally made it up
We explore the history of the weirdest and most important human invention, from cowrie shells to trillion-dollar coins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 23, 2021•27 min
A new kind of game theory
We talk to economists and the world's top gamer about what video games can teach us about money and life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 16, 2021•25 min
The economics of switching to a 4-day work week
The pandemic gave us the opportunity to reimagine work at the office, and some aren't stopping there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 09, 2021•29 min
The science of giving better gifts
Supply chain woes have us thinking ahead about holiday gifts. But could it make you a more thoughtful gifter? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 02, 2021•20 min
Your money questions, answered
From crypto to inflation, we get into the money topics on our listeners' minds. Plus, Stephanie and Jeremy have some questions of their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 26, 2021•22 min
A financial innovation that could cure diseases
Bio bonds would help fuel a key stage of medical research that often struggles to get funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2021•25 min
How smart-home tech could slash the cost of long-term care
The biggest expense in retirement is healthcare, but advances in robotics and A.I. could help turn every home into a retirement home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 11, 2021•23 min
New ways to fight inflation
Prices are rising and even the experts admit we don't really know what to make of it. Where do we go from here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 04, 2021•30 min
Does the economy grow on trees?
A new push to replace GDP with an economic measure that factors in the value of nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2021•22 min
Hack your brain to fix your wallet
The new science of changing your behaviors around money, investing, and everything else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2021•27 min
Can your quirky personality stop a thief?
Innovations in behavioral biometrics will make it harder for fraudsters to impersonate you online, but these detailed profiles of our behaviors could get a little creepy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2021•18 min
How to turn every baby into a trust-fund baby
Baby Bonds get touted as a way to invest in the next generation, to give them a financial boost to pay for college, a down payment on a house, or even to secure a better retirement. Could they actually work? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 07, 2021•24 min
To fix the world, show everyone your paycheck
New approaches to salary transparency could boost the economy, reduce inequality, and get you a raise. But should some things be left to the imagination? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2021•21 min
Coming Soon: Best New Ideas in Money
Join MarketWatch editor Jeremy Olshan and economist Stephanie Kelton as they explore the innovations that rethink how we spend, save and invest - and meet real people whose lives are being changed as these new ideas are put to the test. New episodes every Thursday, starting September 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 23, 2021•2 min