The Fallout of Financial Illiteracy | Ryan Decker | TEDxNorthCentralCollege

In 2012, the first large-scale international assessment of financial literacy took place. More than one in six students in the United States failed to reach the baseline level of proficiency in financial literacy. Educating our society on financial issues is crucial to an individual’s economic security and our country’s prosperity. Fundamental knowledge of money management, savings, and investing are only gaining in importance. We should work to demystify financial topics and work to get rid of the taboo about talking about money.

Ryan currently works as an Economist at PwC, predominantly in the Financial Transactions Transfer Pricing practice. he has becoming a national expert on treasury‐related transfer pricing issues and has assisted treasury and tax teams in designing, pricing, documenting, and defending transactions including intercompany revolvers, loans, cash pooling, and other financial instruments. He is also an experienced published author on issues related to negative interest rates, profit split methodologies, among other economic and finance topics. Most importantly, he is passionate about economic education and financial literacy at all levels of society.

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