tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982248223705694147.post7937252649963429410..comments2023-06-24T16:03:11.387+05:30Comments on Not Too Random: Mallus and moneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982248223705694147.post-70577073944446066912011-07-20T17:34:23.769+05:302011-07-20T17:34:23.769+05:30Is there any correlation between Literacy and novi...Is there any correlation between Literacy and novice? Or Literacy and Con?<br /><br />And its humans who are universally susceptible to the greed/yearning of wanting to become rich overnite.<br /><br />"paise ke liyae kuch bhi karega saala..' remember this famous line? Guess its true for a large portion of our universe.Meehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03286610719358841350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982248223705694147.post-1750128030571621382011-06-20T14:53:43.588+05:302011-06-20T14:53:43.588+05:30@karthika: Exactly the point i'm making. All o...@karthika: Exactly the point i'm making. All of us need to become financial literate; at least the basics. Then, perhaps, we will be less prone, as individuals, to falling for all sorts of scams. And this might translate into system-level caution against the more esoteric financial products.<br />I think we should start right away in schools or at least in colleges. As a mandatory subject. For older people, i believe there are already some programmes in FinLit, whose outreach needs to be increased.Sankar Radhakrishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383822121715414440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982248223705694147.post-33911774042906894482011-06-20T13:13:04.505+05:302011-06-20T13:13:04.505+05:30Financial literacy has indeed become one of the es...Financial literacy has indeed become one of the essential life skills in the world we try to occupy. But how many of us actually have it? Is we did, would the great crashes and scams of the last few years actually have happened? I mean, even governments seem gauche and gullible faced with the labyrinths of high finance.<br /><br />It would be interesting to map out just how this particular subject/skill can be taught. Where do you begin? And who teaches it?Karthika Naïrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805500485440404664noreply@blogger.com