Naomi Wolf: Is our inability to discuss certain things leading us to a sort of ignorance that's costly to us? Wolf: Why not have some amount of formal instruction to put everybody on some basic level of understanding and have some regulation as appropriate?Wolf: Rather than try to turn you into a financial literacy expert, that would be not a good idea. Well, let's lean on you as a psychologist because if we try to examine the core of this question from Naomi, again, it seems to be, why can't we talk about money?
What’s the connection between conversations about money and financial literacy? Could the taboo against talking about your salary be fading? And why did Angie’s teenage daughter call Vanguard to learn about I.R.A.s?