Kid's Embarrassing question

I know I know I’m an grown up consultant, I know things of the world but there are some questions that still drive me crazy.

The nightmare is when your kids can ask you question you have really hard time to explain: the toughest?

“Dad, what’s money?”

seems an easy question right? and anyone would be able to answer in a few words right?

“…money are the things that are used to buy things…”

er is all we know about money? what is really an euro, and a dollar? and what is the exchange rate? and why the hell this exchange rate is so variable?

When I was younger i were thinking that the money were sort of note that say: you government hold the same value amount of gold and just to not make you walk with all that gold it gives you this sheet, or coin).

I was so naive, money is a lot more complicated than this, the value of your euro is…er  well i don’t know it depend when where and who you are mainly.

and who decide the value is somewhere but nobody can tell where. the market? your government? the world? god? the aliens?

I know I know this is because i’m not an economist and if I would have had a formal education in economics stuffs I would be probably able to say what money is… but since I’m not is someone out there that can help me to tell to a kid what money really is?

cheers

A

 

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shaddap you face

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http://www.youtube.com/v/sFacWGBJ_cs?fs=1&hl=it_IT

sorry but it since this morning I have this song in my head. it’s Joe Dolce with s”haddap you face “

Testo:

‘Allo
I’m-a Giuseppe
I got-a something special-a for you
ready?
Uno
duo
tre
quatro!
When I was a boy
just abouth the eightth-a grade
Mama used to say: “Don’t stay out-a late
With the bad-a boys
always shoot-a pool
Giuseppe going to flunk-a school!”
Boy
it make-a me sick
all the t’ing I gotta do
I can’t-a get-a no kicks
always got to follow rules
Boy
it make-a me sick
just to make-a lousy bucks
Got to feel-a like a fool
And-a mama used to say all-a time:
What’s-a matter you? Hey! Gotta no respect
What-a you t’ink you do? Why you look-a so sad?
It’s-a not so bad
it’s-a nice-a place
Ah
shaddap-a you face!
That’s-a my mama. I can remember!
Big accordion solo!
Ah ! Play dat again! Really nice
really nice!
Soon-a come-a day
gonna be a big-a star
Den I make-a T.V. shows and-a movies
Get-a myself a new car
but still I be myself
I don’t want-a to change a t’ing
Still a-dance and a-sing
[ t’ing about-a mama
she used to say:
What’s-a matter you? Hey! . . .
Mama
she said it all-a da time!
What’s-a matter you? Hey!
Gotta no respect
. . .
That’s-a my mama!
Hello
everybody!
‘At’s out-a dere in-a radio and-a T.V. land
aid you know I had a big-a hit-a song in-a Italy with-a disc?
Shaddap-a you face,
I sing-a dis-a song
all-a my fans applaud
Dey clap-a da hands
dat-a make me feel-a so good;
You ought to learn-a dis-a song
it’s-a real-a simple –
See
I sing: “What’s-a matter you?” You sing: “Hey!”
Den I sing-a da rest
and den at de end
we can all-a sing:
Ah, Shaddap-a you face!
0.k.
let’s-a try it
really big –
Uno
duo
tre
quatro!
What’s – a matter you ? Hey !…