Like Driver's Ed ...

Definitely count me among the fans of The New Yorker. My only complaint is that I'm rarely able to read as much of it as I'd like. Some time on the beach should help remedy that ...

Okay. I'm back. Had a quick vision of being on the beach with a view, a breeze, a magazine, and a drink. Though I rarely read as much as I'd like, I rarely miss reading the Financial Page. James Surowiecki's piece in the current issue must be shared, read, and shared some more!

He writes about financial literacy -- well, illiteracy, really. I especially love his analogy to driver’s ed — I’ve also been using that analogy for a while. A few years ago I was invited to present to a committee of the National Association of State Boards of Education charged with making recommendations to state boards about integrating personal financial education. I used the driver’s ed analogy with them and then again not too long after that in a report we wrote on behalf of the NC Treasurer’s Office that they used as ammo to get funding from the legislature for its mandate to teach financial education.

There are also a number of compelling elements in the piece outside the analogy! I've got to think that the more people read and write about (and share!) this topic, the more we'll be, uh ... driven to address the financial literacy/illiteracy in this country!