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Dec 23, 2013 Using money games (in which some were given more money than others), jars of candy (reserved for sick children), and even hidden camera experiments with real automobile traffic (which cars were more likely to obey the law — stop at a cross walk — for a pedestrian), results of all of these showed a general tendency for wealth. A typical Monopoly game is meant to last around 60 to 90 minutes. So why does it always take so freakin’ long? Because we don’t actually read the rules, and because basically all of us are playing the game the wrong way, according to a 2005 blog post by Johnny Nexus that’s been going viral and getting picked up by the likes of BuzzFeed. When money isn’t real: the $10,000 experiment TED Talk Video December 23, 2020 Adam Carroll talks about his $10,000 Monopoly game with his kids and how to teach finance management in a cashless society.

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Samantha Rose covers financial literacy for the educational arm of OppLoans. Her work focuses on providing hands-on resources for high school and college-age students in addition to their parents and educators.

Ever watched a TED Talk?

They’re short, powerful discussions delivered by professional speakers in front of a live audience. Speakers share personal experiences or scientific research.

Today, the TED archive contains expert discussions about almost every topic under the sun — including personal finance. The best part? Anyone, anywhere has access to this encyclopedia of knowledge.

Ready to watch? Here are 12 of the best to get you started.

No. 1: 6 Ways to Improve Your Relationship With Money

Speaker: Thasunda Duckett

Date filmed: January 2020

Event: The Way We Work

Where to watch: See Thasunda Duckett’s talk here

Does your money control you? It’s time to take charge.

Taking control of your finances can spur uncomfortable, difficult conversations about your relationship with money. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Thasunda Duckett, CEO of Chase Consumer Banking, talks about how to minimize money shame. We need to be kinder to ourselves in order to start an honest conversation about how to spend and save smarter.

Speaker quote/takeaway

Money is not the end-all be-all. It’s the mechanism to accomplish whatever your goals are. It does not define you. It’s just a mechanism to accomplish what matters to you most.

No. 2: Financial Empowerment

Speaker: Rahkim Sabree

Date filmed: December 2019

Event: TEDxHartford

Where to watch: See Rahkim Sabree’s talk here

Pay it forward.

That’s the concept Rahkim Sabree discusses in his TEDx Talk. Sabree is an author, speaker, financial coach, and advocate for financial literacy. He details how growing up poor led him to change his money story. Anyone can be empowered, despite the struggle to reach financial stability and satisfaction.

Just don’t forget to pay it forward once you become successful.

Speaker quote/takeaway

If you are in a position of knowledge, particularly around personal finance, have that conversation with your neighbor, your peers, your family. This is a conversation that should be had at every dinner table, in every classroom, over the course of every holiday.

No. 3: 3 Psychological Tricks to Help You Save Money

Speaker: Wendy De La Rosa

Date filmed: January 2019

Event: The Way We Work

Where to watch: See Wendy De La Rosa’s talk here

In theory, everyone wants to save money. In reality, we’re spending more and saving less.

Wendy De La Rosa, a behavioral scientist, discusses how we can change our negative money behaviors to improve our financial health. Her talk provides a guide to help revamp our habits — saving effortlessly in the process.

Speaker quote/takeaway

As human beings, we can be irrational when it comes to saving and spending and budgeting. But luckily, we know this about ourselves, and we can predict how we’ll act under certain environments. Let’s do that with saving. Let’s change our environment to help our future selves.

No. 4: Let’s Get Honest About Our Money Problems

Speaker: Tammy Lally

Date filmed: June 2017

Event: TEDxOrlando

Where to watch: See Tammy Lally’s talk here

Why do we hide our money problems? It’s time to change this.

Tammy Lally, a money coach and author, talks about how financial mismanagement is common — yet we’re rarely open and honest about our struggles. Lally shares her personal story about her brother’s unexpected death and the importance of validating others’ financial hardships.

She encourages us to end “money shame” and stop equating our self-worth to our financial lives.

Speaker quote/takeaway

We have to get honest with each other that we’re suffering with money issues, and let’s get real — we have to stop numbing out our pain. In order to uncover the painful parts of your money story and your money history, you can’t be numb.

No. 5: The Future of Money

Speaker: Neha Narula

Date filmed: May 2016

Event: TED@BCG Paris

Where to watch: See Neha Narula’s talk here

What does the future hold for how we access and use money?

Neha Narula, a digital currency researcher, talks about the future of how we buy and sell. Narula discusses our collective fiction about money — and a future powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum.

With the rise of cryptocurrencies, we are eliminating the need for traditional financial institutions, like banks and currency exchanges.

Speaker quote/takeaway

Cryptocurrencies are the first step to a world with a global programmable money. And in a world with programmable money, I can pay anyone else securely without having to sign up or ask permission, or do a conversion or worry about my money getting stuck.

No. 6: Why We Take Financial Risks

Speaker: Elise Payzan-LeNestour

Event: TEDxSydney

Date filmed: May 2016

Where to watch: See Elise Payzan-LeNestour’s talk here

Risk avoidance is both genetic and environmental. So why do we still take chances?

Speaker, Elise Payzan-LeNestour — a Scientia Fellow Associate Professor at the Business School at the University of New South Wales — questions how we decide between safe bets and dangerous gambles. She discusses risky financial behavior through observing a computerized game of chance.

Speaker quote/takeaway

We are lured into gambling even when we perfectly know we should not, because we cannot resist the temptation to seek more reward. More sugar. More cheese. More money.

No. 7: Why You Should Know How Much Your Coworkers Get Paid

Speaker: David Burkus

Date filmed: January 2016

Event: TEDxUniversityofNevada

Where to watch: See David Burkus’ talk here

Do you know how much your coworkers earn? According to David Burkus, you should.

Burkus is an author and associate professor of management at Oral Roberts University. He questions why our culture values keeping salaries secret and why this practice doesn’t benefit employees, companies, or society. By sharing our compensation level, we could solve greater financial issues, like the gender wage gap.

Speaker quote/takeaway

It turns out that pay transparency — sharing salaries openly across a company — makes for a better workplace for both the employee and for the organization.

No. 8: How I Learned to Read — and Trade Stocks — in Prison

Speaker: Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll

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Date filmed: January 2016

Event: TEDxSanQuentin

Where to watch: See Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll’s talk here

Financial literacy has the power to impact meaningful change.

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