Financial literacy: putting the cart before the horse In an effort to reduce complexity, asset managers begin to focus more on the spending than the saving phase © Plainpicture Financial literacy: putting the cart before the horse In an effort to reduce complexity, asset managers begin to focus more on the spending than the saving phase Related articles Related articles Thieves of their own wallet Few people will walk past a dollar lying on the sidewalk, but when opportunities present themselves more subtly, we often ignore them at immense cost to ourselves Teaching teenagers to manage money Financial education programs can raise young people’s awareness of how to save for status symbols, such as trainers and smartphones. Adults, however, don’t learn as fast. Royal role models of financial education Apart from low levels of financial literacy, OECD’s PISA report shows a gender gap that occurs after leaving school Helping turn less into more Financial illiteracy is widespread and few people can legitimately claim “We don’t need no education,” but off-the-shelf approaches are no solution either
Thieves of their own wallet Few people will walk past a dollar lying on the sidewalk, but when opportunities present themselves more subtly, we often ignore them at immense cost to ourselves
Teaching teenagers to manage money Financial education programs can raise young people’s awareness of how to save for status symbols, such as trainers and smartphones. Adults, however, don’t learn as fast.
Royal role models of financial education Apart from low levels of financial literacy, OECD’s PISA report shows a gender gap that occurs after leaving school
Helping turn less into more Financial illiteracy is widespread and few people can legitimately claim “We don’t need no education,” but off-the-shelf approaches are no solution either
