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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Martin Upton in collaboration with Money Saving Expert. It was first published in May 2020 and last updated May 2022.

This course was created by The Open University with contributions and collaboration from MoneySavingExpert.com. The content unless otherwise stated in the course or in the acknowledgements below (or identifiable as third party content in the course) is owned and/or controlled by The Open University and/or MoneySavingExpert.com and is made available subject to the Creative Commons 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 4.0/ [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] :

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Text:

13. Extract: Adapted from Callaghan, G., Fribbance, I. and Higginson, M. (eds) pp 109-10 (2012) Personal Finance (2nd edn), Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

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Videos:

Video 1: Introduction to Session 1 by Martin Lewis: ©MoneySavingExpert https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

Video 2: Mark Fenton-O’Creevy, Professor of Organisational Psychology at The Open University Business School, speaking at the launch of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance on 14 November 2013 © The Open University

Video 3: A decision-making model: ©MoneySavingExpert https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

Audios:

Audio 1: The modern way to shop: ©The Open University

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