businessweek.com— Aggressive on-campus marketing by credit-card companies is coming under fire. What should be done to educate students about the dangers of plastic?
Sep 4, 2007View in Crawl 4
i think they should scrap "home ec" or some other lame course and teach basic finance in high school. of course this would never happen, the credit card industries would fall apart. it amazes me how many people keep money in the bank while carrying a balance on high interest credit cards.
y0tsuyaSep 4, 2007
Have them watch a short educational video. Only takes a few minutes:<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxFx0NzSjWw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxFx0NzSjWw</a>
jogganSep 4, 2007
You mean it's not good to finance my $40k/yr tuition on my 21% interest Visa card? At least I got a free t-shirt out of it.
pintomp3Sep 5, 2007
i think they should scrap "home ec" or some other lame course and teach basic finance in high school. of course this would never happen, the credit card industries would fall apart. it amazes me how many people keep money in the bank while carrying a balance on high interest credit cards.