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FINANCIAL LITERACY
Financial literacy programs have sprung up around the world, but experts say financial education doesn't start early enough and is not taught regularly. Some experts believe behaviors about money also need to be learned to create good financial skills and behavior later in life. Lack of money skills is also believed to have contributed to the 2008 credit crisis. One of the largest and oldest financial literacy programs is Junior Achievement, which uses simulated work environments to teach students about how to run businesses.
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I am just back from Australia and New Zealand and will write first about my trip to New Zealand. I was invited to...
I left for Italy in mid-August feeling pretty discouraged. Most of the recent discussions I had heard about financial...
While on vacations under the Italian sun, I have been asked a lot of questions about financial literacy.
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I was recently invited to participate in a panel on financial literacy organized by the United Athletes Foundation...
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A reporter from Germany had asked for an interview to discuss financial literacy. Because we were not able to speak on...
Beth Kobliner wrote in her most recent blog post that I am the Annie Sullivan of personal finance. I have received...
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- Financial Literacy and Ignorance
- personalmoney.in
- Education Library Blog
- wh.gov
- The Interactive Retirement Radar
- Business News from Southeast US - bizjournals.com
- Business on HuffingtonPost.com
- Central Bank Research Hub
- takethe5th.com
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