Many immigrants are baffled by and weary
of the complex system of U.S. banking, credit and financing; many Americans
are as well. And sometimes for just cause. However, we all live in the
particular economic cycle of the moment. We negotiate its injustices and
opportunities no matter how well we are, or are not, getting compensated
for our labor. On the other hand, some times there's more than one
approach to managing money. In one class room, after learning that her
students are sending close to 50% of their total earned income "back home,"
the teacher reflects about how Americans could benefit from modeling some
of the values implicit in her students' financial practices.
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If you are squeamish,
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don't prod the beach rubble.
-from Sappho (trans. Mary Barnard) |
