Financial illiteracy in America and economic crises
Is the United States a nation with a fundamental misunderstanding of debt, financing and budgeting? “Freakonomics” author Stephen Dubner and a number of economics say it is. Dubner looks at how an absence of financial education hurts us during times of economic instability. Guest: Stephen Dubner, Takeaway contributor and author of the “Freakonomics” book and blog
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