Mandatory Personal Finance Education

Sgt.Sausage · 2007-11-15T10:12:49+00:00

Ohio high schools to include personal finance courses:" ... The solution: mandatory personal finance classesin high school. That's going to happen in 2010, the resultof a bill sponsored by Ohio Treasurer Richard Cordray. ""... 'I think it's one of the most beneficial things they'll take becausethe topics that we teach they're going to use for the rest of theirlife,' Guilfoyle says..."Elle -- does that satisfy your concern about education?I think we can both agree that this may just be a GoodThing(tm),however ...I'm going on record now: We'll *still* have large numbersof folks who can't run their personal finances. Educationhelps, but it ain't good 'nuff. You can lead the horse towater, but ya can't make him drink it. .

Nov 15, 2007 21 Replies

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Daniel T. 18 years ago

My rule on that was "10mg or less per serving." It gave me a chance to explain what "mg" meant. :-)

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Daniel T. 18 years ago

Oh, OK. My point was that enlightened self-interest (even if you accept it as valid,) is part of what keeps us from killing each other, even when directly competing for some limited resource. However, corporations have no such scruples.

(As to my reference about accepting enlightened self-interest as valid, this is probably not the place to discuss the issue. I'll be happy to talk about it on alt.philosophy. :-)

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