Finance-Informed Citizens, Citizen-Informed Finance: An Essay Occasioned by the International Handbook of Financial Literacy

Purpose: Throughout the world, the dominant discourse treats “financial literacy” as both necessary and sufficient to improve the well-being of individuals and society. Findings: This essay argues that financial literacy is neither, and that promoting financial literacy is a perverse way to addres...

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Main Author: Lauren E. Willis
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/848