Financial Literacy
Budgets, Credit, and Not Going BrokeBy December Hound
Length3h 42m
About this audiobook
Quick quiz: What’s the difference between a credit score and a credit report?
If you hesitated, welcome to the club.
Most of us learned more about mitochondria than about how money actually works. We left school knowing how to solve for x but not how to file taxes or read a pay stub.
This book covers what actually matters: how credit works, what’s really happening when you swipe a card, why your paycheck looks smaller than you expected, and what all those retirement account letters mean.
You’ll learn how to build a budget that doesn’t make you miserable, what compound interest is doing for (or against) you, and how to stop feeling lost every time someone mentions a 401(k).
Audiobook details
GenreEducation and Learning, Business and Economics
Length3 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening
12Retirement Accounts
2Introduction
13Taxes
3The Time Value of Money
14Insurance
4Budgeting Basics
15Big Financial Decisions
5Banking Basics
16Financial Scams and Fraud
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6Credit Scores Explained
17Negotiating Your Financial Life
7Credit Cards
18Estate Planning Basics
8Debt
19Working with Financial Professionals
9Loans
20Financial Planning by Life Stage
10Saving and Emergency Funds
21Why This Matters
11Investing Basics
22Closing
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