A Note on Economic Principles and Financial Literacy

Bodie, Zvi

doi:10.2139/ssrn.923561

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A Note on Economic Principles and Financial Literacy

Zvi Bodie

Boston University - Department of Finance & Economics

April 2006

Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2006-PB-07

Abstract:
Finance is a branch of economics that deals with budgeting, saving, investing, borrowing, lending, insuring, diversifying, and matching. In setting standards of financial literacy we ought to make sure they are consistent with the basic principles taught in economics courses.

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Keywords: financial literacy, financial education, financial literacy standards

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Date posted: August 10, 2006

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Bodie, Zvi, A Note on Economic Principles and Financial Literacy (April 2006). Networks Financial Institute Policy Brief No. 2006-PB-07. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=923561 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.923561

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