Merlocke

So I started a thread here the other day that offered a way for me to teach folks what I know about money. I'm not saying that I am the guru from the mountain know all be all - but I have seen my share of success and failure as well. Perhaps a little higher success than most - and that's why I wanted to share it with the community.

Now the thread's been moved (by my request) but what I'm wondering is why there is so much either greed, or fear, or anger generated by bringing up the subject of money?

Think about it - people are too afraid to talk to one another about money, and what happens is that people then never get the chance to learn about it. If more people had understood how mortgages work for example - could we have avoided the situation that the economy is in now?

So what I'm hoping to discuss about in this thread is to hear other people's thoughts about why money is such a difficult subject to speak about. I understand people's hesitance to not want to share "private" information with some dude on the internet (my previous offers) but what is it about money in general that brings up this kind of hostility amongst ourselves?

If people were more knowledgeable about money - wouldn't fewer people be taken by ponzi schemes and bad investment practices?

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