Set to be taught by Marri and a doctoral student, the course will make use of case studies from the program in order to teach basic financial concepts such as budgeting, planning, risk, credit, consumption, savings, investments, and diversification.
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. . . are students actually learning what they need to about the way money works in the world? Anand Marri argues that while the focus on financial literacy is positive, students and teachers shouldn’t neglect big-picture economic concepts.
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Read the original article: The Wall Street Journal’s Donor of the Day profile (subscription required).
Read the Teachers College follow-up story: Showing Students the Money (a PDF version of the WSJ article is made available at the end of the story).