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  • Erik Angner is a PhD economist, philosopher, and author of ‘How Economics Can Save the World’. He says economics holds the answers to how we solve the world’s biggest problems, including how you can get rich.

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  • Vivi Friedgut is CEO and founder of Blackbullion, a fintech business that helps students sort out their finances. We say it a lot and it’s true, the earlier you can get started with personal finance the better, and Vivi’s advice isn’t just for students, it’s for anyone who wants to know give themselves the best chance in life. 

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  • Lionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times, explores the story of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, known as Masa, in his book ‘Gambling Man’. Masa, a venture capitalist who has made and lost hundreds of billions through bold bets on technology, calls himself the world’s "craziest investor."
    Lionel’s book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451627/gambling-man-by-barber-lionel/9780241582725

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  • Edward Chancellor is a financial historian, journalist and investment strategist. In 2008 central bankers brought interest rates to their lowest level in five thousand years. Unaffordable housing, the collapse of productivity, rising inequality are just some of the things Chancellor says are results of those decisions and he argues the worst could be yet to come.
    Edward’s book: (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448594/the-price-of-time-by-chancellor-edward/978180206015)

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  • We get loads of questions about mortgages so we thought we’d ask an expert and cover some other key things you should know about. We're speaking to Anthony Emmerson, Director at mortgage broker Trinity Financial. Whether you’re getting a mortgage for the first time or looking to remortgage, what should you look out for?
    If you want to speak to Anthony, you can email: [email protected]

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  • Making Money listener Amy followed all the right steps for 15 years, but a few bad decisions ended up costing her tens of thousands of pounds.
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  • Andrew Craig is the author of How To Own The World and founder of Plain English Finance. His new book is ‘Our Future Is Biotech’.

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  • In this session we streamed live. I break down the Budget with Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at the Financial Times.

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  • George Agan is a Chartered Financial Planner who’s helped thousands of people plan for their financial future. Can you afford the retirement you want? If not, how are you going to get there? 

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  • Liam Byrne is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North. He’s written a book called ‘The Inequality of Wealth’.

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  • Richard Coffin is the host of the Plain Bagel YouTube channel and one of the biggest financial content creators in the world. He’s a trained financial planner and by day works as an investment analyst so he really knows his stuff.

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  • Steve Clapham is an ex-hedge fund analyst and the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investment research and investor training consultancy firm.

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  • Naomi Greatorex is the Managing Director of insurance broker Heath Protection. It’s not pleasant thinking about dying or getting seriously ill, but what happens if terrible things happen to us?
    If you have any questions, you can ask Naomi here: [email protected]
    https://heathprotection.co.uk/

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  • Vicky Reynal is a financial psychotherapist who deals with a wide range of issues, from overspending to money secrets and self-sabotage. Her book, Money on Your Mind looks at how we can develop a better relationship with money, because it pervades everything we do.
    *Warning: We discuss some issues in the episode such as anorexia that some listeners might find it difficult listening to*

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