Empowerment of whom and for what? Financial literacy education and the new regulation of consumer financial services

Law and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-256

  Williams, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33947416969     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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