Recently the amount of student loan debt in the US surpassed the outstanding amount of credit card debt. This is a hard pill to swallow for recent graduates whose financially-strapped parents are unable to help financially and who are facing one of the most dismal labor markets in the past 70 years. As I blogged about yesterday NPR is going a 5-day series called “Money Counts” in which they are examining youth and fiscal literacy. In this broadcast they take a deeper look into student loan debt and provide some helpful hints for those who are entering college.
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NPR does 5 day series called “Money Counts”
If you’ve been a long-time reader of this blog then you know how important I think it is for our youth to have a meaningful education in personal finance BEFORE they are exposed to the potential perils of credit at the age of 18. I was excited this weekend when I heard that NPR’s Morning Edition is going to have a 5-day series called “Money Counts” focusing on youth & money. Here is the first broadcast which aired Sunday: