Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart · Sunday, August 30, 2026
Adam Taggart highlights a significant gap in financial education, stating that neither his Ivy League education nor his MBA from Stanford included practical money management courses. He believes this lack of fundamental financial knowledge, covering topics like credit card debt and mortgages, is a widespread issue, impacting most people's ability to build wealth.
“So all of the things that I built, I was kind of learning about them all the way.”
“So if I didn't get that, I can't imagine what the best majority of people who aren't going to, as quote unquote, illustrious schools as I did.”
“Nowhere in there was I given a practical course on money management, the practical things that we need to know in life like Adam manages credit card debt or how to take out a mortgage, all that type of stuff.”
“Most people probably never received a single class anywhere in their education journey around the practicality of personal finances or money management or the basics of investing.”