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Assembly reintroduces bill requiring financial literacy class as graduation requirement for Wisconsin high schools
Financial literacy could become a required course for Wisconsin high school students under a revised state Assembly bill. Last year, Wisconsin’s GOP floated a plan to require high school students to complete a full credit of financial literacy in order to receive their diploma. It would have gone into effect for the 2022-23 school year. But the tight timeline and cost to school districts to implement the classes caused the measure to fail. The revised bill would shorten the requirement to a half credit and would not begin until the 2028 school year. On Thursday, the Assembly Committee on Education heard three hours of testimony from students, teachers and non-profits…
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Economist denounces central banks’ ‘class war’
Marshaled by the U.S. Federal Reserve, central banking institutions all over the globe have had a unifying philosophy around the past yr: Provide down inflation no matter the price, even if it implies jeopardizing discomfort for people and firms. But that strategy has been questioned additional than at any time this month in the wake of a number of high-profile banking collapses in the U.S. and Europe. Now a British economist who predicted the 2008 worldwide economical crash has escalated the issue, expressing central financial institutions desire “class war around economic steadiness.” The Fed and other central banking institutions have underlined limited labor markets and large wages as critical fundamental…
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An economist who correctly predicted the Great Financial Crisis says the world’s central banks have chosen ‘class war over financial stability’
Marshaled by the U.S. Federal Reserve, central banks around the world have had a unifying philosophy over the past year: Bring down inflation no matter the cost, even if it means risking pain for people and businesses. But that approach has been questioned more than ever this month in the wake of several high-profile banking collapses in the U.S. and Europe. Now a British economist who predicted the 2008 global financial crash has escalated the issue, saying central banks prefer “class war over financial stability.” The Fed and other central banks have underlined tight labor markets and high wages as key underlying causes behind inflation. But while loosening job markets…
