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Daniel Akaka: “It is when recessions come, people lose jobs, and wages fall where the true costs of financial illiteracy among working…”

On the recordApril 28, 2009
It is when recessions come, people lose jobs, and wages fall where the true costs of financial illiteracy among working families become apparent.
Said by
Daniel Akaka
Democratic · Hawaii

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Describing how recessions reveal the consequences of financial illiteracy.

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