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Financial Education: a form of culture and freedom

Stefano Lucchini
July / August 2026 - n. 7-8
Keywords: Educazione finanziaria, decisioni finanziarie
Jel codes: G53, G50, D14

We are often led to consider Financial Education as something technical. Numbers, graphs, complex products immediately come to mind. But this is not the case. Financial Education is, first of all, a form of culture. It is what allows us to understand the information and therefore be able to decide cum grano salis. And this is a priceless form of freedom. For this reason, the Italian Federation for Financial Education has long supported a very clear vision: it cannot be considered a technical skill or reserved for a few. It must become a truly widespread, continuous cultural policy, accessible to all. A competence of citizenship. In fact: how can we make good decisions if we don't understand the world in which we make them?

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