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Exciting Interview With Financial Expert Braun Mincher

The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy

Braun Mincher is an Entrepreneur, Award-Winning Author & Documentary Filmmaker. He is a passionate advocate for Financial Literacy, and his ultimate goal is to get Financial Literacy classes made a high school graduation requirement nationwide, whereas it’s presently mandated by just a few states. He doesn’t only talk about the tried and true “Start early and be consistent” advice. Find out what Braun has to say about the epidemic of financial illiteracy in the United States, and why he thinks not teaching kids about personal finance is equivalent to child abuse!

Here is just a sample of what Braun talks about in this fascinating interview:

·    The topic of personal finance is more taboo than religion, politics and sex

·    This subject should be mandated nationwide and include courses on credit scores, banking, mortgages and more

·    How grandparents can teach kids the value of hard work and earning money, even if they have no retirement funds of their own

·    Three reasons high schools won’t add financial literacy classes to the curriculum, and why they’re just “puppy mills” to get kids into college

Braun offers hard-hitting solutions and calls upon every citizen to do what they can to have financial literacy taught in schools. He even challenged High Schools, Colleges and Universities nationwide to make a semester-long “Practical Financial Literacy” class a graduation requirement:

“For schools accepting my challenge, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below, I will provide FREE OF CHARGE a textbook for each student, which is an adaptation of my book for adults, entitled The Secrets of Money: A Guide for Everyone on Practical Financial Literacy.”

Find out how many schools accepted this challenge! It won’t be the answer you might think…

Braun also states that while only a handful of students will ever use the 3 levels of advanced math they are required to take in school, 99% of them will use a bank, have a checkbook, have a credit card, buy a car and a house, etc. Even with such indisputable facts, the public systems will not change without a massive grass-roots campaign. If you want to get involved in your community, Braun tells you how to get the effort started.

Braun’s interview can be heard here