# Minimalists and Hoarders (with Michael Easter)

An episode of [EconTalk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/135066958), 10 Feb 2025, 55 min.

Audio: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/6fdba516-8381-43b0-b29f-59d05512b693/episodes/093583ee-e0e5-4869-a950-c9e715e0cfd6/audio/0b7f7f32-6247-4f19-8589-a28571c83291/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=wgl4xEgL

Why do we buy stuff we don't need? Maybe for the same reason that some people can't stand stuff at all. Listen as author Michael Easter speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about how two seemingly opposed approaches to our possessions--minimalism and hoarding--may stem from the same impulse to cope with uncertainty. They also discuss the downsides of minimalism and how to figure out whether we're really buying the right things.

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