Sep 14, 2018

Reading List for September 15-16

Included a few extra articles this week as we recognize the ten-year anniversary of the Lehman failure and start of the Great Recession.....and a collection on paying for college as we start the new school year.

Ten Year anniversary of Lehman failure

  • What have we learned? Neil Irwin in his UpShot article compares current times to the 1990s looking for lessons.
  • The WSJ looks back at how the Great Recession changed our relationship with risk.
  • This WSJ/The Outlook discusses if the Fed has new tools to deal with fine-tuning the economy at this juncture and avoid the next crisis?
  • Has your 401k/403b recovered? Michelle Singletary’s WAPO column looks back at the Lehman failure, what followed, and what you might want to consider going forward.

Paying for college

Reactions to the NYT FIRE article from last week

Fraud

  • AARP Fraud Watch Network serves people of all ages. Here are the results of their recent survey of digital identity risk and their recommendations.
  • If you are interested in where we stand one year after the Equifax breach, this article has some data and a link to the full study from the Identity Theft Resource Center.
  • What teens need to know about cybersecurity – from The Conversation.

Financial Literacy

  • A report issued this week from the TIAA Institute and GFLEC got some press. One key finding is that millennials high utilization of FinTech does not mean they are financially literate.
  • The Chicago Tribune brings us this article on the Academy Group in Chicago, which addresses the need for FinLit among underserved students of color.
  • Fatherly.com discusses the current situation of school-based financial literacy education and suggestions for how parents can advocate for more of it.

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