Why good financial decisions require time

Credit card swipe
In this Nov. 2, 2009 file photo, a customer swipes a MasterCard debit card through a machine while checking out at a shop in Seattle.
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file

Have you made poor decisions in your life because you couldn't slow down to think critically about your choices? Do you give yourself enough time to make good decisions, especially with regard to your financial affairs?

Those are among the questions we'll be asking of our guests on The Daily Circuit Tuesday, Dec. 11.

Charles Duhigg is a reporter for the New York Times and author of "The Power of Habit." Chris Farrell is economics editor of Marketplace Money.

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