Financial Literacy

Cents and Sensibility Book Club with Mike Wilson... Join us to better understand financial literacy by reviewing some of the “latest and greatest” titles in personal finance, along with a few timeless classics. Participants in the book club will study concepts such as:

  • using debt wisely,
  • controlling income taxation
  • making wise investment decisions,
  • buying insurance in a cost-effective manner
  • understanding our relationship to money overall


Each book is relatively short, is written in layman’s terms, and can be read in less than a month. The featured books may be borrowed from the library or purchased. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a free book each month. Register today online or in person at the Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County.

Carnegie Public Library (6:30 to 7:30 PM)

  • January 19: Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money by Jonathan Clements
  • February 16: Your Money and Your Brain:  How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make you Rich by Jason Zweig
  • March 16: Live it Up Without Outliving Your Money: Getting the Most from Your Investments in Retirement by Paul Merriman
  • April 20: Investment Policy: How to Win the Loser’s A Game by Charles Ellis
  • May 18: Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth by Nick Murray
  • June 15: Buckets of Money: How to Retire in comfort and Safety by Raymond Lucia
  • July 20: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
  • August 17: The Ivy Portfolio: How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets by Mebane Faber

Literacy Coalition Retirement Seminar

Our retirement years can be the “best of times” or “the worst of times,” depending on how well we’re prepared to face a variety of different risks. To help maximize your retirement readiness, the Steuben County Literacy Coalition would like to invite you to attend this seminar, provide it as a donor thank you, or present it at your annual meeting. For more information, contact the Literacy Coalition at (260) 665-1414.