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July 19, 2012 04:45 am GMT

Facebook Game Subtly Teaches 20-Somethings Financial Literacy




A Facebook game currently in development will teach young adults financial literacy, while getting them hooked on an addictive online experience.

Kicked Out, the product of developers and social entrepreneurs in Vienna, Austria and San Francisco, strives to train players to intuitively become responsible with money. The group is hoping to raise a major funding round through Kickstarter, with just three days left to reach its $300,000 goal.

Creator Katharina Norden began working on Kicked Out when she realized financial literacy is a universal struggle for nearly all young people. There's an imbalance between the ease of spending money and the challenge of saving money.

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