Brooke! I wanted to share some great links on Bitcoin with you. Chicago has a great week long talk series called Chicago Ideas Week (CIW), the last two years CIW has helped get the word out about Bitcoin and how it can revolutionize the world of finance.

I wanted to share my findings with you, please see below:

CIW "Bitcoin: The New Gold Standard" https://youtu.be/yPIvqJsCOSo

I also think Bitcoin's video is a great to explain digital currency https://bitcoin.org/en/

How it works: https://bitcoin.org/en/how-it-works

Some things you need to know: https://bitcoin.org/en/you-need-to-know

I hope these help! I think there is so much weight to this particular topic, especially on the global level!

Russ! I love your "to start learning to write you need a pen, to start learning finance you need money" comment. It's a 21st century issue, money is still a taboo topic - teaching our youth will enable them to feel empowered and secure as adults.

Hi Maddie!

Wonderful post! I recently came across similar issues when looking to open a ROTH IRA. In order to make money faster I would need to play the market aggressively and in markets my morals want no part of it.

To answer your question tho, I think there is something to educating our youth. Pairing credit unions with schools to educate and offer financial education and planning would be ideal. Most youth habits are instilled by the age of 10 - could financial literacy in the education system dive deeper than balancing a check book?

Parental-mimicry is also a major factor to financial literacy. Could we educate parents to make better financial decisions? Could they decisions trickle down to their children?

I look forward to seeing your research develop further!

All the best!

Agata