Student Furnished Course Supplies/Prerequisites: Download Planet Money and Marketplace podcasts. Read the Finance 202, Your Economic Briefing.

Course Description: Let's make the financial world understandable. No textbook is required. We will discuss some of the best explanations to decipher the world of money. Planet Money and Marketplace podcasts will be used. No personal money issues nor any personal investment strategies will be discussed. Subscribe to a Washington Post email newsletter. Go to washingtonpost.com, at the top left go to Sections, scroll down to Newsletters and Alerts and look for the 202s, The Finance 202, Your Economic Policy Briefing. You don’t need to be a Washington Post subscriber to receive this newsletter, it’s free!

Course Instructor: Rick Ernst is a retired financial advisor who specialized in retirement planning and since retirement has led Osher Lifelong Learning Classes at the University of Arizona on subjects like Investing 101; Investing 201; Smuggler Nation, How Illicit Trade made America; and the Battle for the Soul of Capitalism. This course is aimed at people who are interested in how the economy works
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