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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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America must improve its financial education | Data Driven

Sarah Datta February 14, 2024
Teaching finance-specific math, like compound interest and investment related probability, could have a much more direct impact on people’s lives. A lot of people don’t have the luxury of generational financial knowledge.
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Modern Toolbox: The Federal Reserve may have failed, but crypto is the way forward

Jaeyoung Choi March 2, 2021
Control over your personal finances is a concern that I, as a liberal, believe to be a multi-partisan issue. No matter how you vote or what you believe in, your money should be yours, without anyone else’s control over it.
Roxbury Community College hosted this month’s virtual installment of “Build Black Wealth” with Our Village Initiative on Wednesday. COURTESY OF ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Roxbury community, real estate experts address Boston’s Black debt crisis

Anuj Sawhney October 20, 2020
Boston is an education hub, but there remains a distinct difference in net worth drawn on racial lines.
A study published April 2 by EverFi and Higher One found that students are taking out more loans and are less prepared to handle their money. GRAPHIC BY MICHAEL DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students borrowing more loans, not prepared to handle finances, study finds

Keri McAlpine April 9, 2015

As students take out loans to fund their education, more are reporting feeling stressed and unprepared to deal with a lack of financial management skills or planning, a study released April 2 found. The...

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