21世纪的今天,经济素养或理财素养日益成为各国教育的主要目标之一。我国中小学经济素养教育还处于起步阶段,美国经济素养教育理论和实践很有借鉴价值。本文从美国经济素养教育的内涵、历史和发展趋势、前沿动态、途径方法、社会机构资源和相关政策等进行综述,以寻找我国经济素养教育的切入口。 Today, in the 21st century, economic literacy or financial literacy has increasingly become one of the main goals of education in all countries. The economic literacy education in primary and secondary schools in China is still in its infancy, and the theory and practice of economic literacy education in the United States are of great reference value. This article summarizes the connotation, history and development trends, the frontier trends, ways and means, the resources of social institutions and related policies of the economic literacy education in the United States in order to find the entrance to our country’s economic literacy education.