About The Summit

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will headline this vitally important Global Summit, at this critically important time; helping America and the world to begin the process of effectively “turning the page,” towards viable long-term, systemic and sustainable solutions to our economic problems. The Summit will frame the issue of financial literacy, possibly for the first time, not as a soft and ancillary economic tool, nor as an option, but as an essential, core ingredient to mid-to-long-term economic recovery and stability.

The Global Summit will make a strong business case for financial literacy itself, and seek to reshape the debate around financial literacy away from its definition by some as a simple, narrowly focused math class, towards a more robust, practical, and aspirationally relevant strategy to ground consumer confidence in a core competency; an understanding of what we at Operation HOPE (HOPE) call the “language of money,” or Financial Literacy 3.0. Money is at its core an emotional issue for most, if not all, people around the world.  It represents stability (or lack thereof), opportunity (or lack thereof), access (or lack thereof).

Understanding “the language of money” is far from a math class; it is contextual, psychological, cross sections with issues of self-esteem and self-worth, and is impacted by one’s culture and environment.  From the individual, to the community, extending up to the G20, our relationship with money is a key driver to how we perceive and respond to the world around us.  When you don't know, you tend to fear.  Fear is a prosperity killer and underlying the current epidemic of fear are massive levels of financial illiteracy.

Other confirmed Global Summit keynote speakers include FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and civil rights icon and HOPE global spokesman Ambassador Andrew Young, principal aide to the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Making the Case for Financial Literacy