How financial literacy can help reduce racial wealth gaps

Personal Finance / June 9, 2022 / DRPhillF / 0

Who taught you about money and when? Some of us learned about personal finance from our parents or other adults in our lives. Others learned from teachers at school. Some had to figure it out for themselves.

Minnesota does not require students to take a stand-alone personal finance course prior to graduation. But more countries are beginning to impose these categories. Advocates say financial literacy can be a tool for reducing wealth gaps.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two guests who work on economics and financial literacy.

Guests:

jolly bun He is the executive director of the Minnesota Council on Economic Education, and an economist and former state legislator.

Jennifer Garbo Educator and Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of Minnesota Counseling Center for Family Development.

North Star Journey made possible in part with funding from Cultural Heritage and Arts Fund.

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