Expense Evaluator

Submit an expense and receive Charlie Munger's verdict. Every dollar is weighed against timeless principles.

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Example Evaluation Disapproved

New Sports Car — $55,000

Category: Transportation

2/10

"A rapidly depreciating asset purchased for status rather than utility. Buy a reliable used vehicle for $15,000 and invest the $40,000 difference at 10% for 20 years — that's $269,000 you'd be giving up. The sports car is a monument to envy, not wisdom."

Avoid Debt Cut Envy Survival > Brilliance

Munger's Guardrails

Survival > Brilliance

Preserve capital above all else

Avoid Debt

Debt is a noose around your neck

Time > Money

Protect your autonomy and freedom

Cut Envy & Drama

Status-seeking is heavily penalized