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The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. ~ Bill Beattie Update #1: This post was included in the Carnival of Money Stories 2: Disaster Issue posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking. [...] Continue reading Financial Literacy Is Like Green Eggs and Ham If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. ~ Attributed to both Andy McIntyre and Derek Bok Update: This article was included in the Festival of Frugality #220 – The Minimalist Edition at Fire Finance. Thanks! In April of 2009 Statistics Canada conducted it’s first-ever survey on financial capability. You can imagine that it’s pretty hard to measure something as multidimensional (and to some degree subjective) as financial [...] Continue reading 6 Scales of Financial Capability: How Do We Measure Up? They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. ~ Confucius Update: This post is featured in the Carnival of Financial Planning #153 posted at The Skilled Investor. Thanks! I know many of you (along with some members of my family) would probably answer the title question with something like: “It’s not a hot topic unless you’re a nerdy propeller head like you.” Fair enough. [...] Continue reading Why Is Personal Finance a Hot Topic Now? Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~ Proverb On February 22, the Task Force on Financial Literacy released a public consultation document called Leveraging Excellence. The task force was established by the Canadian Minister of Finance in 2009 to examine ways to boost the financial literacy of Canadians. I thought that the title of the report was [...] Continue reading Task Force on Financial Literacy: Gold Medal |
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