On "Return to Office" & Daycare as Class Issues, the Role of Profit, and Being "Entitled"
The Money with Katie ShowShow Notes
It’s hard to believe, but somehow it’s already time for another Rich Girl Roundup about our last three deep dives:
The Real Cost of Being a Working Parent, to which Rich Dad Nation had a decidedly mixed response
How Home Insurance and Climate Change are Upending the Real Estate Market, which introduced some good questions about the role of everything from technology to sabotage in effecting change
The Truth About “Government Waste,” Privatizing Public Goods, & Turning Citizens into Customers, which generated an absolute treasure trove of stories from government workers
We’ll give y’all one guess which generated the lion’s share of emails—this batch of feedback had a surprising amount of tea, so don’t miss it.
(00:00) Introduction
(01:44) General feedback we've heard recently
(08:00) Feedback on the "Working Parents/Childcare" episode
(34:45) The "Disappointed Dads" feedback
(47:22) Return to office and entitlement
(54:39) Feedback on the "Home Insurance & Climate Change" episode
(01:08:20) Connecting our "Climate Change" and "Privatization" episodes
(01:17:03) Feedback on the "Privatization" episode
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