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articles/2017/05/13/why-so-much-financial-advice-is-useless/170507-murduch-schneider-personal-finance-tease_fnekjd
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Why So Much Financial Advice Is Useless

With many middle- and low-income workers lacking access to mortgages, IRAs, or even savings accounts, the saving mantra beloved by advisers is wrongheaded and sometimes harmful.

Jonathan Morduch

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