tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736446773245191504.post8512087454577834033..comments2024-03-27T08:57:40.926-04:00Comments on Financial Literacy and Ignorance: April 2010: Financial Literacy Month!Annamaria Lusardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05956062460452648142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736446773245191504.post-45619842123832557302010-04-25T09:43:36.333-04:002010-04-25T09:43:36.333-04:00Ms. Lusardi -- I read your suggestion in today'...Ms. Lusardi -- I read your suggestion in today's NY Times (April 25) about adding Financial Literacy to high school curriculums across the US. I could not agree with you more. This seems so obvious to me. I recall hearing Robert Schiller speak at an annual meeting I attended, and hearing him recommend spending many dollars to educate the US populace on personal finance. I've always felt that your solution is more comprehensive and cost effective, and that the only thing preventing a very practical idea like this from occurring is the fractious nature of our state educational system. You have a voice -- please use it. This idea must gain a lot of strength in the national discourse. This is the only way to get the bureaucratic state school sytems to change. It looks like the consumer is getting his balance sheet back in line, with credit statistics improving. The <br />sad part about this is that most of it is as a result of a rise in personal bankruptcy. It is so strange to me that (having grown up in the US educational system) we can spend multiple years teaching and reteaching our children US History, and yet we can let them graduate without having taught them how to balance a checkbook, or how much money they need in order to take out a loan, that credit card debt is not tax deductible, etc.<br /><br />Use your voice to help rectify this oversight in our educational system.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Richard Slocum<br />Director Portfolio Management<br />The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation<br />rslocum@rwjf.orgRichard Slocumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736446773245191504.post-51009981386699239032010-04-22T00:25:21.747-04:002010-04-22T00:25:21.747-04:00Hi, your blog is really nice & wonderful, whi...Hi, your blog is really nice & wonderful, while reading it I truly like it.<br /><a href="http://skylinecollege.com/mba" rel="nofollow">mba</a>Amitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7736446773245191504.post-81852288185516644782010-04-13T16:03:48.032-04:002010-04-13T16:03:48.032-04:00Great comment! "Financial Literacy is in big ...Great comment! "Financial Literacy is in big trouble" <br />If you would like to learn more about it, we play CASHFLOW 101 on Sundays in Downtown Vancouver. It is free and everybody is welcome.<br />E-mail me at aidualc_pg@hotmail.comClaunoreply@blogger.com