{"id":1080,"date":"2013-01-05T00:46:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T00:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2013-01-05T00:46:33","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T00:46:33","slug":"banks-invited-to-teach-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/01\/banks-invited-to-teach-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks Invited to Teach in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

British banks who have done so much in recent years to take all our money away from us and turn it into a great big hole in our lives are to go into schools and teach children how to avoid financial disaster.
\nWhat an inspired move by the British government.
\nWhat do you imagine they will teach their future customers?
\nMy bet is the brats will be invited to put their pocket money in interest rate swaps backed by derivative currency hedged mortgage backed security thingies.
\nWhen they have received nothing after a long time waiting, they will have learnt like the rest of us, to say boo to a man in a suit carrying a briefcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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