{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The economic realities underneath every ordinary decision","description":"It\u2019s National Financial Literacy Month, but on the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast \u2014 sponsored by&amp;nbsp;IntraFi Network&amp;nbsp;\u2014 Matthew Hennessey digs into the literacy that undergirds financial literacy: the basics of economic decision-making, from prices and markets to preferences and specialization. \u201cThe main lesson at the heart of economics is that life is about tradeoffs and that economics is about choice,\u201d Hennessey says. \u201cWhen we make a choice, it almost always means we\u2019re giving something up that we value.\u201d In the newly released book&amp;nbsp;Visible Hand, Hennessey \u2014 deputy op-ed editor at the Wall Street Journal \u2014 illuminates these concepts in a self-described \u201cavuncular\u201d style designed to help average Americans understand how they make economic decisions every day and to appreciate the free enterprise system that lays atop those decisions. This episode is sponsored by&amp;nbsp;IntraFi Network. ","author_name":"ABA Banking Journal Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/bankingjournal.aba.com\/tag\/podcast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/22756508\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/125371355"}