Resources

YouTube

• Crash Course Economics: This wildly popular YouTube channel offers an excellent series of videos covering the field of economics.

 

• Two Cents: Engaging videos explaining financial topics for young viewers (10+).

 

• Nate O'Brien: Nate teaches financial literacy and other topics including the importance of productivity and minimalism.

 

• Investing With Rose: Rose inspires young people to understand financial literacy in a engaging and provocative way.

 

 

Websites

• MoneySmarts: This resource from Indiana University provides personal finance courses and information pertaining to college costs.

 

• CNBC: This website covers the latest financial markets and news.

 

• Clark Howard: Clark’s website includes a large number of topics related to money and finance.

 

• MarketWatch: The Personal Finance section of this website provides a wealth of timely information.

​

• Upgradedpoints.com: This is a good article discussing finances for college students.

 

 

Books

• I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills for High School, College, and Beyond by Steve Burkholder

  • This book is written to help teens understand the full gamut of personal finance.

 

• Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By by Cary Siegel

  • This book is divided into 99 digestible sections discussing financial principles.

 

• Finance 101 for Kids: Money Lessons Children Cannot Afford to Miss by Walter Andal

  • This book is geared toward 8-to-12-year-old children to learn the basics of personal finance.

 

 

Podcasts

• NPR’s Planet Money: Brief and fascinating reporting on all matters about money.

 

• Choose FI: A former accountant and pharmacist discuss clever life and financial hacks.

 

• Fifteen Minute Financial Advisor: Brief and interesting podcast segments focused on specific financial issues.

 

 

Blogs

• Choose FI Blog: This frequently-updated blog focuses on a wide variety of personal finance topics ranging from budgeting to investing.

 

• Young Finances: This blog deals with financial predicaments surrounding young adulthood, but contains several articles relevant to younger ages.