Curbing the Financial Exploitation of the Poor: Financial Literacy and Social Work Education.
The article investigates the importance of financial literacy content for social work students who at some point in their career will encounter financially-excluded clients. Financial literacy content can include understanding how fringe economy businesses operate, including their business model, kn...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social Work Education Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 425 - 439 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul-Sep2015
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