Networks Financial Institute (NFI) believes that high school students, in order to be ready for a competitive world when they graduate, need to have a deep understanding of personal financial literacy. Skills involved in personal financial literacy include budgeting, saving, investing, filing...

Personal economic issues such as credit card debt, home foreclosures, the collapse of the sub-prime lending market, and escalating numbers of personal bankruptcy have focused the nation’s attention on the importance of financial education. As a collective, we know that something is wrong with...

Personal economic issues such as credit card debt, home foreclosures, the collapse of the sub-prime lending market, and escalating numbers of personal bankruptcy have focused the nation’s attention on the importance of financial education. Networks Financial Institute (NFI) believes that...

Adult financial illiteracy is a major problem in the US and elsewhere. Financial fraud and poor performance in managing personal finances go hand in hand. The nation’s bankruptcy and home mortgage foreclosure rates rate have continued to climb despite improving employment opportunities, rapid...

The industrial Midwest went through wrenching economic restructuring during the 1970s and 1980s and yet rebounded to outperform the U.S. economy during much of the 1990s. Key to this resurgence was restructuring in core industries (including manufacturing) that increased the productivity and...