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Books on Money Psychology

The research behind every SpendingError video. Three books that explain why your brain keeps spending money on things it doesn't actually want — and how to notice it.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

The Nobel-prize foundation of behavioral finance. Kahneman maps the two systems your brain uses to make money decisions — and why the fast one almost always wins when it shouldn't.

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The Psychology of Money

by Morgan Housel

Money behavior is mostly story, ego and emotion — not spreadsheet. Housel's 19 short essays explain why people who know nothing about finance often outperform people who know everything.

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Your Money or Your Life

by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez

The original framework for measuring spending in hours of life energy instead of dollars. A behavioral reset for anyone who keeps wondering where their paycheck just went.

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Note on the descriptions: Book summaries on this page were drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy. Recommendations and selection are made manually by the SpendingError team based on relevance to the behavioral-finance topics covered in our videos. This page is not financial advice.