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Educating the financially illiterate

By Keesa Schreane

3:58 AM on 07/17/2009

For those who see government regulation of financial products as a means to help consumers empower themselves financially, recent changes may be reason for optimism. The proposed Consumer Finance Protection Agency would create a more centralized regulatory authority, and help consumers educate themselves. In its current iteration, one of its...