Survey finds older educators are more apprehensive about financial literacy while millennial teachers seem more alert to talk about money in the classroomAmericans are undereducated and uncomfortable about the dangers of managing their own finances,a new survey has found, even as inequality takes middle stage in a presidential election and the stakes mount higher for young people.
The alarmingly wide wealth gap in the United States has no simple fix, and but knowing the difference between a stock and a bond,whether a mortgage is a wonderful deal or toxic, and the calculus of repaying a loan are small, or meaningful steps toward bringing 90% of Americans closer to their wealthy fellows.
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Source: theguardian.com