Larry's Podcasts

Podcasts on various topics by Larry Kotlikoff

Economics-Based Financial Planning -- Larry Kotlikoff's Presentation to Wade Pfau's Retirement Income Institute
Wade Pfau is one of our country’s truly exceptional thought leaders when it comes to personal finance. He holds a PhD in economics from Princeton as well as...
Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Comparing Maxifi Economics Based Planning and Conventional Financial Planning with Rob Berger
Rob does his homework on personal finance in helping folks navigate the world of investing and retirement planning. He's been doing his homework since 2...
Thu, 30 Jul, 2026 at 5:12 PM
MaxiFi's Full Risk Investing Lets You See the Good, Bad, and Ugly from Risky Investing
Full Risk Investing and Upside Investing are MaxiFi's two educational tools for assessing investment and spending strategies. They both are forms of sto...
Wed, 10 Jul, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Finding the Holy Grail for Investors -- MaxiFi Planner's Upside Investing
In this episode of Economics Matters -- the Podcast, I cover Upside Investing. There are two holy grails in personal finance. One is building a floor to you...
Wed, 14 Aug, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Kevin Esler is Back with an Improved Version of TipsLadder.com
Kevin Esler is the creator of ⁠⁠TipsLadder.com⁠⁠, a free website that helps you purchase TIPS -- Treasury Inflation Protected Bonds. Back on July 18th, Kev...
Mon, 7 Apr, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Rob Berger: Retirement Planning with MaxiFi and Larry Kotlikoff
Rob Berger is our nation’s premier analyst of financial planning tools. Here’s Rob recent podcast in which he asks me to explain economics based planning an...
Thu, 30 Jul, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Rescuing Your Retirement with Larry
In this episode I discuss how you can rescue your retirement with a live walk through of the Maxifi Planner, developed by ⁠Economic Security Planning, Inc.⁠...
Wed, 10 Jul, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Former Airforce Pilots, Mark and Kara Brandt, Talk Landing their Finances With MaxiFi
Mark and Kara are a 50-50 combination of Top Gun and The Right Stuff. Mark was chosen by the Airforce to fly the U-2 Spy Plane — at 72,000 feet, in a space ...
Tue, 26 Aug, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A New Study Confirms: Conventional Financial Planning Is Worse Than We Think
In January, PhD economist, Wade Pfau, one of our nation’s most respected authorities on retirement decisions, co-authored, with CFA Massimo Young, yet anoth...
Wed, 14 Aug, 2024 at 10:04 AM
How Much Life Insurance Do I Really Need?
Thu, 5 Sep, 2024 at 2:01 PM