Today is April 15: the deadline for filing income taxes. Money is on everyone’s minds these days. Even before the recession, Americans were confronted with an increasingly complex financial landscape that requires difficult financial decisions. Yet, studies show that most are not well-prepared to handle their personal finances. I discussed this topic on Vermont Public Radio last Tuesday, and how we can improve our financial literacy. If you would like to listen to the interview, the link is below:
http://www.vpr.net/episode/48366/
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- Annamaria Lusardi
- Washington, DC, United States
- Annamaria Lusardi is the Denit Trust Endowed Chair of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington School of Business. Previously, she was the Joel Z. and Susan Hyatt Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. She has taught at Dartmouth College, Princeton University, the University of Chicago Public Policy School, the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. From January to June 2008, she was a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School. She has advised the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Social Security Administration, the Dutch Central Bank, and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center on issues related to financial literacy and saving. She is the recipient of the Fidelity Pyramid Prize, awarded to authors of published applied research that best helps address the goal of improving lifelong financial well-being for Americans. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.
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