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"The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession." Ben Bernanke, January 2008. Months later the whole world was blowing up. Peter calls The Price of Tomorrow the book that finally made the debt numbers make sense to him. He walks Pablo through Jeff Booth's big idea: technology makes everything cheaper, and governments fight it by printing money. They cover $4 of debt for every $1 of growth, why currency wars turn into real wars, Blockbuster, Kodak, Henry Ford and Amazon almost dying, self-driving cars, $250 trillion of debt, Germany's hyperinflation, Ray Dalio's 4 levers, universal basic income, Bretton Woods and 1971, and why abundance without jobs might not be a nightmare. Pablo brings his own story from Argentina, where the banks promised dollars and paid pesos, and asks the question that matters: which assets survive inflation? Book: The Price of Tomorrow (Jeff Booth) Freedom Flip Podcast · Peter & Pablo Chapters: 0:00 Ben Bernanke's famous wrong calls 1:38 Why central banks want 2% inflation 2:47 Cheaper TVs and what a free market really is 4:06 $4 of debt for every $1 of growth 5:30 Currency wars, trade wars, real wars 6:56 Argentina: "Don't worry, you'll get your dollars" 8:19 Exports, consumer spending and China's 996 9:57 Blockbuster and creative destruction 10:52 Technology or bad leadership? (Facebook) 13:12 What "the price of tomorrow" really means 13:28 Henry Ford and Amazon almost died 14:45 Kodak's 90% that vanished 15:36 Self-driving cars and deflation 17:12 $250 trillion of debt and the power of the sun 18:47 Karl Popper and closed minds 19:12 Germany's hyperinflation 20:31 Which assets survive inflation? 22:13 Trapped mortgages and Ray Dalio's 4 levers 23:56 "Stop the theft" and the bond market 25:13 Debt explosion, wealth taxes and UBI 27:25 Bretton Woods to 1971: how the dollar left gold 30:37 Abundance without jobs 32:46 Why deflation will win 34:26 Jeff Booth's North Star Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GVzVc71WRK8PljJgx1Pkn Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freedom-flip/id1876535261 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freedom.flip.podcast #FreedomFlip #ThePriceOfTomorrow #JeffBooth #Deflation #Inflation #Money #Economics #BookReview #Podcast

"Do you know what my aunt did before she worked in one of these factories?" One story from The Psychology of Money changed how Peter thinks about every money decision he judges. Peter calls The Psychology of Money the book that has had more impact on him than any other book about money. He walks Pablo through why finance is not a spreadsheet but a psychology problem: how the year you were born shapes your appetite for risk, why the lowest income households spend the most on lottery tickets, why retirement is a brand new idea, luck vs risk, Bill Gates' lost co-founder, Vanderbilt and Rockefeller, why "enough" is so hard to see, and why wealth is what you don't see. Pablo brings his own story from Argentina, from a collapsing social security system to why he chose alignment over money. Book: The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel) Freedom Flip Podcast · Peter & Pablo Chapters: 0:00 Why money is psychology, not math 1:03 Short chapters and the HAM note 2:10 When you were born shapes your risk 3:36 The aunt in the sweatshop 4:55 Lottery tickets: paying for a dream 7:54 Retirement is a new idea 9:14 Argentina and the vanishing safety net 10:04 Luck, risk and Bill Gates' lost co-founder 11:22 Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and the law 12:37 Never enough 15:20 Social comparison and the casino exit 16:07 Eat until you're sick: knowing enough 17:37 The world is not ending 19:05 Right 6 times out of 10: tails drive everything 20:26 What 1,000 elderly Americans wish they knew 21:53 Control your time: eulogy vs resume traits 22:59 The man in the car paradox 24:13 Wealth is what you don't see 25:08 The end of history illusion 26:27 Freedom is the ultimate dividend 27:41 Final takeaways Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GVzVc71WRK8PljJgx1Pkn Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freedom-flip/id1876535261 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freedom.flip.podcast #FreedomFlip #ThePsychologyOfMoney #MorganHousel #PersonalFinance #Investing #Mindset #BookReview #Podcast

"You're going to see your parents fifteen more times." That one line from a friend changed Sahil Bloom's life, and it opens this episode. Peter has reread The 5 Types of Wealth more than 30 times. He walks Pablo through all five: time, social, mental, physical and financial wealth. Why millionaires always want 2 to 3 times more, the arrival fallacy, anti-goals, the "right now" test for every commitment, bought vs earned status, the physiological sigh, and the return on hassle. Pablo pushes back where he disagrees, from what time freedom really means to why owning a business is the best "hassle" he ever had. Book: The 5 Types of Wealth (Sahil Bloom) Freedom Flip Podcast · Peter & Pablo Chapters: 0:00 You will see your parents 15 more times 0:42 Why Peter reread this book 30+ times 1:21 Millionaires always want 2 to 3x more 3:05 The arrival fallacy 4:28 Set anti-goals, not just goals 5:49 Messi's World Cup final lesson 7:02 Time wealth: the last time you do anything 8:59 82% check email within 30 minutes of waking 10:28 What is one more day worth to you? 11:00 Are you a time billionaire? 11:35 Time freedom is not an empty calendar 12:13 The poverty of more: Twain and Rockefeller 13:53 The hierarchy of delegation 14:41 The "right now" test for commitments 17:15 Parkinson's law and time blocks 18:11 Social wealth: the deferred happiness plan 21:11 Bought status vs earned status 22:46 Mental wealth: protect your distinctiveness 25:49 How fast you forget and the Socratic method 27:41 Physical wealth: Spartan training 28:27 The physiological sigh (try it with us) 31:20 Financial wealth: the 3 pillars 32:33 Lifestyle creep 32:59 Buy the best and keep it 34:13 Pablo's decades of frugality 35:18 The return on hassle debate 38:26 Never think twice about investing in yourself 39:23 Wrap Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GVzVc71WRK8PljJgx1Pkn Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freedom-flip/id1876535261 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freedom.flip.podcast #FreedomFlip #The5TypesOfWealth #SahilBloom #TimeWealth #PersonalGrowth #Mindset #BookReview #Podcast

We have more connection than any people in history, so why do so many of us feel alone? Peter brings Sebastian Junger's Tribe to Pablo: colonists who ran back to Native American tribes, soldiers who felt calmer at war than at home, and why suicide tracks unemployment. Pablo pushes back hard, and the talk turns personal: is home a place or your people, why American kids leave home at 18, and what changing schools does to a kid. Book: Tribe (Sebastian Junger) Freedom Flip Podcast · Peter & Pablo Chapters: 0:00 Stone Age minds in space age times 1:30 Why captives ran back to the tribe 4:02 Why war felt calmer than home 5:17 Trauma, wealth and feeling alone 9:23 Underscore your shared humanity 10:24 Recessions and suicide 12:16 More money or your people 13:28 What makes a place feel like home 16:47 Why leave home at 18 18:51 Changing schools and making friends Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0GVzVc71WRK8PljJgx1Pkn Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freedom-flip/id1876535261 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freedom.flip.podcast #FreedomFlip #Tribe #SebastianJunger #Belonging #Loneliness #Community #BookReview #Podcast

You2: A High-Velocity Formula for Multiplying Your Personal Effectiveness in Quantum Leaps by Price Pritchett (EP031) In this Freedom Flip episode, we explore Price Pritchett's You2 and its practical ideas for making quantum leaps in personal effectiveness. Hosted by Freedom Flip. Book: You2: A High-Velocity Formula for Multiplying Your Personal Effectiveness in Quantum Leaps by Price Pritchett. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome and the fly at the window 2:40 We are all the fly 4:20 What a quantum leap really means 5:50 Paradoxical moves and quit trying harder 8:00 Possibility over limits 9:40 Surrender and doubt your limits 11:50 Focus on ends, not means 14:30 Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence 16:50 Challenge the odds and status quo risk 20:10 Giving yourself a real chance 22:00 Pursuit beats wishing 23:00 Seek failure and find your edge 25:00 Do the thing you fear