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		<title>Your Money Minute #35: A Growing Threat of Financial Illiteracy in America</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2011/01/your-money-minute-35-a-growing-threat-of-financial-illiteracy-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Money Minute Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annamaria Lusardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial capability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Listen now: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the episode or subscribe using iTunes. Host: Nancy Anderson, CFP® Guest: Dr. Annamaria Lusardi, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research Why are we all so financially illiterate? One reason may be that financial education has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Literacy: The Foundation for Building Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/02/financial-literacy-the-foundation-for-building-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2010/02/financial-literacy-the-foundation-for-building-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What Americans Are Worried about Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across an article last week (Young Adults Need To Seek Wealth Literacy, Not Financial Literacy) which suggested that there is a problem with current financial literacy programs and that we ought to be teaching young people about building wealth instead. The author argues, &#8220;there is a loss of translation in somewhere between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would you trust financial advice from your credit card company?</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/would-you-trust-financial-advice-from-your-credit-card-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/12/would-you-trust-financial-advice-from-your-credit-card-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money Madness or Money Miracle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Visa recently launched a financial literacy website called Practical Money Skills for Life that purports to &#8220;help students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance.&#8221;  There are articles, calculators and other tools that you can use to help with budgeting, saving and controlling your debt. Some folks think it is about time Visa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Education: The New Curriculum</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/focus-on-a-new-generation-financial-education-the-new-curriculum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/focus-on-a-new-generation-financial-education-the-new-curriculum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Create a budget and stick to it. Shop around for the best price. Pay off credit-card balances each month. Roy Kobert set aside his work as a bankruptcy attorney one Friday morning to teach these and other personal-finance lessons at Boone High School. Read the full article at CSMonitor.com]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Literacy New Subject in High Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/new-subject-hitting-schools-financial-literacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/new-subject-hitting-schools-financial-literacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Milestones in Financial Literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another. Chicago&#8217;s 113,166 public high school students may soon get a steady diet of both. Read the full article at Chicago Sun Times&#8217; Web site.]]></description>
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		<title>Women Behind Men in Financial Knowledge, Research Shows</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/women-behind-men-in-financial-knowledge-research-shows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/10/women-behind-men-in-financial-knowledge-research-shows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What Americans Are Worried about Now]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women and financial knowledge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Women have some catching up to do when it comes to financial literacy.  In a recent study, we found that the gender gap was larger than expected. See the full report here.]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand: A leading country in Financial Literacy</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/new-zealand-a-leading-country-in-financial-literacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/new-zealand-a-leading-country-in-financial-literacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial News Digest: Best News Articles Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At an international conference in Washington, D.C., on financial literacy last year, the Retirement Commissioner from New Zealand stood up and stated that New Zealand has the best website in the world to promote financial literacy and financial education. Read Annamaria Lusardi&#8217;s blog.]]></description>
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		<title>Recently Passed: Financial Literacy Month for All Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/financial-literacy-month-for-all-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/financial-literacy-month-for-all-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation That May Affect Your Net Worth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[4/29/2009 Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Supports the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, including raising public awareness about financial education. Recognizes the importance of managing personal finances, increasing personal savings, and reducing personal debt in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Considering: Bill Aims to Make Financial Literacy a Curriculum Goal</title>
		<link>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/bill-aims-to-make-financial-literacy-a-curriculum-goal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.getfinancialfinesse.org/2009/09/bill-aims-to-make-financial-literacy-a-curriculum-goal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DaniellePerryFF</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress is Considering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislation That May Affect Your Net Worth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Kay R. Hagan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getfinancialfinesse.org/?p=804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, in large part because of irresponsible financial practices that led to the subprime mortgage market’s collapse. To help protect our families from future crises, we need to empower people to make intelligent financial decisions. The key is financial literacy education before students enter the [...]]]></description>
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