Here’s something we think: it’s hard to have very good financial literacy without some financial experience.

• Until you have a financial account, the financial system will probably be a mystery to you

• Until you have investments, they are probably going to be quite mysterious too

We gave you a lot to think about in our last edition – with focus areas ranging across the spaces of legislative advocacy, financial expertise, and tech innovation. And we promised you a little bit more.

With the nip of fall in the air, we are looking forward. It’s conference season, so we’ll see you out and about. And as you are sharing social moments with colleagues, thinking creatively about the future, we’ve got you covered.

People care about their retirement. (When) (will) what’s happening in France migrate to the US?

You could argue we are seeing a bit of it right now. Labor is tight. For a range of reasons employers, especially those whose jobs rank at the lower end of the income spectrum, can’t find enough qualified workers to hire at prevailing wages and with prevailing benefits.