Debunking Financial Literacy Myths

The CFPB says that FIs spend US$17 billion on marketing and that just US$671 million, or about US$2 per person, is spent on financial education.

And like uncritical, brain-dead slugs, many of you don’t just believe this, but tweet it, implying that the spending is out-of-whack.

My take: Comparisons of financial education spending to FI marketing spend are spurious, and belie the facts about financial literacy and what really needs to be done about it.

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Debunking Financial Literacy Myths

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