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https://www.afcpe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Thomas-Saunders-2-e1556027917261.jpg9601280 Financial literacy equates to social freedom and independence from consumerism that stunt our upward mobility. We are bombarded with these images of status and unrealistic comparison of what life could be like if we had things. In contrast we see in real life the consequences to over spending, lack of debt management, and the fall out of financial ignorance. […]