Changing direction now. Interesting to note that media has taken a big jump into financial literacy.
I happened on a cable show geared toward money management, called "Til Debt Do Us Part". They have an Irish woman coming into married couple's homes to help them deal with money problems. (Almost like the child-rearing show The Nanny, she even comes in with a black bag like the Nanny.) The first episode I watched had a young newlywed couple that accrued over $21,000 in debt their first year of marriage, and they had no idea how it happened.
edit Actually, she might be Canadian, working with Canadiens. Her accent threw me off a wee bit.Pretty intense faux reality show, though. She got the first man to say out loud, "I am a dickwad" because of his spending/credit habits. The second man broke down and cried on camera when shown they were $80,000 in debt after 5 married years.
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