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Money Diaries

Telling the truth about money, one person's story at a time

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    The Snack-Cake Economy: How I Learned Money in Prison

  • Illustration by Mercedes DeBellard

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    “My Finances, in Brief,” an Essay by David Sedaris

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    “All My Opportunities Came From Cold Emailing or DMing Someone on Twitter”

Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise

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Novelist Omar El Akkad on Being the Engine and Being the Fuel

The EDM superstar (and Benihana heir) talks about starting out with zero capital, investing in people, not ideas, and why society ought to do more to embrace failure.

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Friends With Money: Steve Aoki

An executive for mining company Metinvest talks about Ukraine’s economy and conducting business during war.

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In February, He Was a Ukrainian Corporate Dealmaker. In March, He Became a Resistance Fighter

Daniel Negreanu (aka Kid Poker) began his life playing snooker, and eventually became the number one poker player in the world. He tells us what he learned about money, work, and confidence.

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How Canada’s Greatest Poker Player Learned He Wasn’t Lucky

Education plays a major role in breaking cyclical poverty. We spoke with two Wealthsimple employees who have devoted themselves to helping families access and save for school.

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Wealthsimple Money Diaries: Two Women Helping Families Save and Invest

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Simu Liu Doesn’t Own the Raptors. Yet.

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Jeff Tweedy Was Smart About Money So He Didn’t Have to Think About It

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Emily Ratajkowski Is Not a Commodity

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Friends with Money: Taylor Rooks

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How 24kGoldn Went From Selling Shoes to Ruling Spotify

Hackatao Artist Royalty

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Love and Crypto: The Hackatao Story

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Money Diaries: Pride Edition

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The UFC Won’t Pay You Fairly Unless You Make Them

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The Financial Life of a Minor Character on “Friends”

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The TikTok Economy, Explained by Snarky Marky

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It’ll Work Itself Out (It Actually Won’t)

OnlyFans is a kind of digital revolution in sex work that purports to give the power to the workers instead of the overlords. @thatfatbabe, @chloevenom, and @andywithabig🍆 tell us the truth about life inside the naked social economy. (Warning: explicit content.)

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Money Diaries: The (Kinda) NSFW OnlyFans Edition

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A Man Known As Beeple Made $3.5 Million Selling His Digital Art in a Weekend

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How to Go From Working in a Steel Mill to Being the Highest Paid Actor on TV

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Karen Russell: A Brutally Honest Accounting of Writing, Money, and Motherhood

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Friends with Money: Playwright Jeremy O. Harris

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Friends with Money: Comedian Sam Jay

Illustration of comedian Joel Kim Booster

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Joel Kim Booster Was in Massive Student Debt Until Two Years Ago

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Tynomi Banks’ Big Break Was Probably Getting Fired From a Corporate Job

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Pandemic Money Diaries — Panic at Trader Joe’s Edition

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Woody Harrelson Is a Terrible Debt Collector

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Loss: A Love Story

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Why Wendi McLendon-Covey Was Still Freelancing on the Set of 'Bridesmaids'

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The Financial Life of a Weed Entrepreneur

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She Won the Fight to Raise Minimum Wage. Then Lost It.

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Why Design World Legend Tina Roth Eisenberg Would Rather Build Four of Her Own Businesses Than Work for Someone Else

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Tegan and Sara: Only the Privileged Worry about Selling Out

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Boxing Legend “Sugar” Ray Leonard Was Never a Fighter

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Writer Sloane Crosley Tells Wealthsimple Why She Hasn’t Given Herself a Raise Since 2009

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Roxane Gay on Financial Independence: 'The Most Important Thing a Woman Can Do for Herself'

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Rita Ora Is a Born Hustler. Just Like Her Immigrant Parents.

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Skylar Diggins-Smith Wants to Be Paid Like a Man and Isn't Afraid to Say It

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Richard Linklater Tells Us Why He's Glad He Got Downsized.

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How I was Conned by the “Fake German Heiress”

The director sits down with Wealthsimple to talk first jobs, family philosophy, and how to keep asking for money until you get that “Yes.”

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Spike Lee Tells Us Why He Never Feels Bad Asking for Money

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Shangela Would Like to Remind You to Tip Your Drag Queen

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The NHL's Seth Jones Makes His Money in Reverse

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He Became This Year’s Oscar Favourite By Going Broke Again and Again

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For Sasha Lane, Success Meant Being Able to Send Her Mom Home Again

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The Co-Creator of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Isn't Sure Exactly How Much She Makes

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Nnamdi Asomugha Figured the NFL Out Early: It Doesn't Provide a Future

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How One Man in British Columbia Lives Happily on Almost $0 a Day

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Brian Tyree Henry Tells His Money Story, From Yale to Food Stamps to Oscars

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The Financial Coming of Age of the “Can You Hear Me Now” Guy

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One Indie Musician on Why Indie Musicians Should Stop Worrying So Much about Selling Out

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The Warby Parker CEO Thinks You Should Give Your Money Away. Now.

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Paul Reiser Likes Getting Paid to Tell Jokes

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How an Artist Balances the Practical (Money) With the Surreal

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Natasha Rothwell's Character in “The White Lotus” Finds an Angel Investor. Her Real Life Didn't Quite Work That Way.

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How to Get Thrown Down a Flight of Stairs for $500

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Mike Piazza Was Successful Because You Booed Him

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Michael Katchen Believes Everyone Should Have the Same Starting Line

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“We live in a culture where it’s not OK to ask about money. That’s a problem.”

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Maye Musk Taught Her Highly Successful Children By Letting Them Go Their Own Way

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She’s a Toronto Legend, Model, and Style Icon. And She Was Nearly Homeless

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Kim Kardashian, Mogul, Tells Us Her Money Story

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The Path to Financial Freedom Is a Heart Attack: The Matty Matheson Story

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Matt Berninger, Lead Singer of The National, Tells Wealthsimple Why Losing $1 Million Led Him to Being a Rock Star

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Making It in NASCAR as a Woman Doesn’t Mean the Struggle Is Over

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A Nobel Peace Prize Winner on the Economics of Slave Labour

At 19 years old, Kylie understands what it means to be a frugal Jenner. Like: Say no to the $40,000 watch.

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Kylie Jenner Tells Wealthsimple Why She Buys Cheap Makeup and Expensive Rolls Royces

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What I Learned About Money Growing Up on a Commune

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Kevin Bacon: Money is Hard for Creative People

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The Founder of StockX on Living the Sneaker Economy

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The Winner of MasterChef Canada Explains How a Terrible Accident Made Her a Pathological Saver

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Mark Duplass Hated the Hollywood System So He Made His Own

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Comedian Maria Bamford Wants You to Know Exactly How Much She Makes

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The Shib Sibs Will Miss Those Free Chicken Sandwiches

Margaret Atwood was told in college that to find her place in the world she should find a husband and become a wife. Then she went to Harvard and became an award-winning writer.

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“The Handmaid's Tale” Author: For Women, Money Can Be Power

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Life Among America’s Four-Wheeled Nomads

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She Began Life in Rural China With No Plumbing. Now She's Our CFO.

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Director Lauren Greenfield Discovered What Hedge Funders, Porn Stars and Rappers All Have in Common

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Why Being in Lonely Island is a Strange Way to Make Money

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Jon Hamm Would Like to Buy a Time Machine

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Jon Chevreau, One of Canada's Favourite Money Gurus, Tells Us How He Retired at 60 Without Ever Being Rich

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Jonathan Van Ness’s First Financial Principle: “I’m a girl who has to stop herself from shopping”

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What Do You Do When the Circus Closes?

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The Founding Owner of the Raptors Believes in the Power of Drake

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Creator of The Moth Radio Hour Worries When He Makes Too Much Money

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“Why Wouldn't a Woman Want to Win?”

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A Philanthropist Tells Us How Growing Up Rich Can Feel Isolating (and Giving Opens Doors)

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Iman Shumpert is Good With Money (Just Like His Wife)

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We Should Be as Fearless and Honest About Money as These Women

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Women Who Make Us Want to be Fearless and Honest: 2018 Edition

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Hector Bellerin's Money Philosophy: Invest Early, Buy Teslas, Eat Plants

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Halima Aden: Supermodel, Refugee, Muslim, Warehouse Worker

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Before He Had His Own Show, He Worked In Tech Support

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Money Diaries: Government Shutdown Edition

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How Hollywood's The Black List Changed the Economics of Movies

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Gary Numan and the Economics of Going Broke on £6 Million

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French Montana's Big Expenses: Strip Clubs, Global Charities

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Debt: A Love Story

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