Viewpoint: Keys to Effective Financial Education, American Banker, November 13, 2009

Excerpt: Do financial education programs work? Plenty of well-informed people — from industry leaders to policymakers — are convinced you cannot turn a nation of consumers into a nation of intentional savers.

But there is ample evidence for the opposite view: that properly structured financial education programs can and do help people make wise decisions about their personal finances.

Source: American Banker