A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy

Intro -- A Critically Compassionate Approach to Financial Literacy -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: the Nature of Financial Literacy -- Introduction -- Discussion Point -- Conceptions of Worth -- Questions for Reflection -- The Reasons for Our Feelings -- The Nature of Our Emotions -- Activity -- Emotions and Worth -- The Big Picture -- Chapter 2: Income -- Introduction -- Income -- Methods of Earning Money -- Jobs and Careers -- Activity -- Employment and Choices -- Chapter 3: Careers -- Developing Employment Skills -- Money for Business -- Compensation -- Employee Benefits -- Interest Income, Dividends, and Capital Gains -- Rental Income -- A Compassionate Approach to Rental Income -- Taxes -- Government Income Support -- Chapter 4: Planning and Money Management -- Money Management and Financial Worth -- Opportunity Cost -- Budgets, Spending Plans, Needs, and Wants -- Income and Expenses -- Forms of Payment -- The Big Picture -- Spending Choices -- Planned and Unplanned Spending -- Chapter 5: Risk Management and Insurance -- Premises of Conventional Approaches -- Discussion Point -- Threats to Financial Worth -- Money Management Revisited -- Risk -- Protecting from Loss -- Discussion Questions -- Dealing with Risk -- Convenience, Risk, and Insurance -- Adjusting Policy Terms -- Reducing the Risk -- Self-insurance -- Online Activity -- Regulation -- Chapter 6: Credit and Debt -- Credit as a Tool -- Credit and Debt Processes -- Types of Credit -- Consumer Loans -- Discussion Point -- Purchase Consumer Loans and Installment Loans -- Long Term Loans -- Education Loans -- Mortgages -- Credit Sources -- Chapter 7: Saving and Investing -- Another View -- Matters of Control -- Saving and Inflation -- Investing -- Compounding -- Chapter 8: Living on the Margins -- Case Study 1 -- Activity, Case Study 1 -- Case Study 2.