Ep34: Death and Mushroom Suits with Professor Victoria Haneman
Money and the Mind
English - January 18, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBMental Health Health & Fitness Education personal finance psychology mental health money investing disorders saving debt credit cards behavior Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Professor Victoria Haneman joins Andy and Aaron to discuss funerals and the death care industry. Professor Haneman is the Frank J. Kellegher Professor of Trusts & Estates at Creighton University in Omaha.
We discuss:
-America's discomfort with death
-Issues with the death care industry
-Alternative (and less expensive) funeral technology
-Options when trying to pay for a funeral
-The problem with GoFundMe campaigns
-Body brokers
-Who spends the most on funerals?
-The most important thing in preparing for funeral expenses
-Does an open casket provide "closure"?
Links:
"Funeral Poverty" paper
“Tax Incentives for Green Burial” paper
Link to Professor Haneman’s articles
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