Budget Hero

Warren Buffett Cartoon: 3-5 Minute Financial Literacy Clips

July 27, 2009 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Update Oct 23, 2011: The Hub Premieres Secret Millionaires Club Special Sept 9, 2011: New launch: Cha-Ching Asia/Cartoon Network and April 23, 2010: new site Cash Savvy Kids w/experts advising premieres for financial literacy month! Original Post: July 27, 2009 Talk about Comic Con! Here's a fun webisode premise in the New York Times yesterday: Warren Buffett playing a … [Read more...]

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Budget Hero Game: Want To Be President of the USA?

February 24, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Sept. 18, 2012 Tomorrow Sept. 19, 2012, two students from the Maryland School of Public Policy join WilsonCenter.org on Capitol Hill to launch Budget Hero new "Election Edition" engaging a group of Congressional lawmakers in a bipartisan debrief! Woohoo! Let's hope we all learn some financial literacy skill sets! Feb. 24, 2009 Freakonomics fans probably had a field day … [Read more...]

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Holy Budget BALANCE Batman! Open Source Gotham Game

February 20, 2009 by Amy Jussel 5 Comments

Feb. 20, 2009 Carping about your local officials? Don’t like the decisions being made? Still a student and can’t vote yet? Here’s a little micro-level peek into what the feds are dealing with on the larger scale financial fiasco... Amanda Hickman, the Technical Director of the Gotham Gazette pinged the Games for Change list serve to update their prior version of “Balance!” … [Read more...]

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