WhyFI Matter$ Economics is Lit (FinLit) ft. Dr. Carly Urban
At WhyFI Matter$, we believe one of the ways to achieve financial independence is by understanding the economy. Today I am so excited because we will be hearing from Dr. Carly Urban, an Associate Professor of Economics at Montana State University and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has also been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As you can see she has dedicated a lot of her career to teaching others about economics! A lot of her work and research focuses on the effects of policies designed to improve financial education. Dr. Urban's work has appeared in many academic channel such as the Economic Journal, the Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Public Economics. Her work has received the attention of many media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, TIME and Vox! Listen as we talk about her various research papers, the importance of financial education, and the state of the economy right now.
Dr. Urban: https://www.montana.edu/econ/directory/1524694/carly-urban