👉 Build a Life of Financial Freedom with our free workbook: https://affordanything.com/fiire With about $200 and a crypto exchange, historian Joseph Moore turned himself into a legitimate billionaire — a stunt that says more about how money actually works than most financial advice does. It's also a preview of the 300-year argument he makes in this episode: that almost everything we're told about money is newer, and far less permanent, than we think. Joseph Moore, PhD, is a historian and the national bestselling author of How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn't). His own self-experiments with historical money strategies helped him become financially independent in his mid-40s. Chapters: (5:18) How a runaway slave built his own legal currency (6:52) How he legally declared himself a crypto billionaire (13:22) Why a fifth of the Smithsonian's money collection is fake (15:52) The bestselling book that told readers to commit fraud (20:10) The decades when bonds quietly beat stocks (26:04) How his grandfather secretly became a bond millionaire (31:09) Why that "$10K in 1929" chart is misleading (48:02) Why wages are up 50% and nobody believes it (1:06:39) Why most Americans once owned one shirt (1:23:48) The rent control law that backfired for renters ❓GOT A QUESTION? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT https://affordanything.com/voicemail 🎧 NEVER MISS AN EPISODE Apple Podcasts: https://affordanything.com/applepodcasts Spotify: http://affordanything.com/spotify 🤗JOIN OUR PRIVATE COMMUNITY: https://affordanything.com/community 🤗STAY IN THE LOOP: https://affordanything.com/newsletter 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES: 👉 Joseph Moore's site — his book, essays, and more: https://www.josephmoorebooks.com 👉 Joseph's new book — How to Get Rich in American History: 300 Years of Financial Advice That Worked (& Didn’t): https://amzn.to/4cKjQui 👉 Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez: https://vickirobin.com/your-money-or-your-life/ 👀 WATCH THIS VIDEO NEXT: Nick Maggiulli: The Wealth Ladder Has Six Rungs (and Most People Never Climb Past Four) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-AudcRa2o 👋 SAY HI ON SOCIAL: Facebook: https://facebook.com/affordanything Instagram: https://instagram.com/paulapant X: https://x.com/affordanything #PersonalFinance #FinancialHistory #AmericanDream #investingcanada https://youtu.be/ewWUJC5Z-Ao