This summer on Planet Money Summer School, we're learning about political economy.
We're getting into the nitty-gritty of what government does with things like trade,
taxes, immigration, and healthcare.
So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.
I think you have to understand one to really appreciate the other.
So what is the right amount of government in our lives?
Tune into Planet Money Summer School from NPR.
Wherever you get their podcasts.
This is NPR's Life Kit.
I'm Marian Segarra.
I want to start this episode by saying we have all made financial mistakes.
Yanely Espinal is a financial educator.
She works at a nonprofit called NextGen Personal Finance,
which is on a mission to try to get every single high school student in America guaranteed access to a semester course about personal finance and financial literacy.
Ten years ago,
she was deep in credit card debt and counting down the days until she was going to pay it off.
In October of 2015, I was going to make my last credit card payment.
So, like, October of 2015 was my mantra every day, right?
Like, I would wake up in 2014 to get dressed for work, and I'm like,
October 2015, October 2015, because I knew that was my North Star.