What Would You Teach In A Financial Literacy Class?

What Would You Teach In A Financial Literacy Class?

Most of us agree: the world could use a little more financial literacy. Everyone talks about the need for financial education in schools and beyond. But if it were up to you, what exactly would you teach?

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Some of personal finance is universal and practical — how compound interest works, how to create a basic budget. Some of it varies depending on where you live (tax and superannuation rules). A lot of it is also behavioural — overspending, for example.

What specific lessons would a financial literacy class entail? What basic money lessons do you think would be most helpful for people who know nothing about personal finance? If you had to teach a financial literacy class, what would be on your lesson plan?


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