Insights

Despite the stereotypes of young people as a generation focused on spending with no consequences, young people actually see their money decisions (as well as their mistakes) as their responsibility

If schooling is to achieve its goals of promoting equity and active and informed citizenship, there needs to be a rethink of what it means to be financially literate. This means bringing social justice to the conversation and shifting the emphasis from “responsibility” to “capability”.

More thought needs to be given to students’ ability to understand the financial implications of fees, debt and income-contingent loans, and what a new deregulated university environment would mean.

In the pursuit of high finance we have forgotten the fundamental role and purpose of our profession and its wider impact on the economy and society.

Under polarised political conditions, expecting a cost benefit analysis to generate a rational basis to bridge disparate values and so enhance our collective future may be a tall order indeed.

Donations to charities peak at the end of the year. But the number of causes and organizations asking for contributions can be overwhelming—which makes for a lot of uncertainty about whether we’re doing the most we can with our money.

Community organisations are struggling to measure the impact they are having due to a lack of funds and data availability, new research has found. It shows three quarters of community sector charities are trying to measure their outcomes and have increased this effort in the last five years.

There are 10 core features of volunteering that should be considered to understand this integral, yet generally overlooked, part of our society.

Giving cash directly to individuals in need certainly has appeal for its simplicity and indeed can be the best way in some circumstances, but in most cases it cannot compete with the value added by giving to a reputable and well-run nonprofit charity.

Charitable giving is big business, with many organisations handling millions in revenue. But big charities have come under fire for issues from bad accounting to actually doing more harm than good.