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Financial education has its limits – if we want New Zealanders to be better with money, we need to start at home (theconversation.com)

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TL:DR Studies on financial education show it helps increase savings rates, but has virtually zero impact on whether someone will default on loans. The article suggests that financial discussions at home are important.

Really though, the article is raising discussion points and doesn't really suggest what actions we should take (that I noticed, anyway).

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As for it being better to learn “at home” of course it is if the people at home know about that stuff but this comes across as a bit " let them eat cake."

I'm wondering if there's an intergenerational thing here. Teaching people about money doesn't help them avoid loan defaults, but does increase savings. Does growing up in a house where your parents are saving more, influence whether you need loans?

As in, even though financial education doesn't reduce the chances of defaulting on loans, does it reduce the chances of their kids defaulting on loans?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Interesting question.

I guess the other variable is whether financial education about debt is simply not as comprehensive as education about savings and investment. Which might be a factor insofar as middle class knowledge needs around debt may not be as onerous (for example, needing to know how to structure a mortgage, vs needing to know how to convert a monthly predatory lending fee into a p/a percentage).