{"id":1843800,"date":"2023-02-12T06:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843800"},"modified":"2023-02-12T06:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T11:58:48","slug":"caroline-aiken-koster-how-about-some-super-bowl-ads-that-promote-something-actually-useful-financial-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caroline-aiken-koster-how-about-some-super-bowl-ads-that-promote-something-actually-useful-financial-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroline Aiken Koster: How About Some Super Bowl Ads That Promote Something Actually Useful: Financial Literacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcaroline-aiken-koster-how-about-some-super-bowl-ads-that-promote-something-actually-useful-financial-literacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1843800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s too late to buy a 2023 Super Bowl advertising slot \u2014 Fox Sports reports the slots, some topping $7 million for 30 seconds, are all sold out. Beer and celebrity snacks are in. \u201cSpokescandies\u201d They are now available.<\/p>\n<p>Also out are the financial pitches of last year\u2019s \u201cCrypto Bowl.\u201d I\u2019m a securities lawyer, so this is a relief for me, at least at my doctor\u2019s visits. I\u2019m hoping less hype will tame the appeal of complicated schemes for hard-working folk like my favorite nurse at NYU Hospital. He routinely pumps the blood pressure cuff \u2014 and me \u2014 for get-rich-quick schemes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHola, Mama,\u201d He says, and he&#8217;ll take me to the scale. \u201cGot any tips for me? I need to make a quick buck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentals,\u201d I agree. \u201cStudy the market like you monitor my A1C and iron levels.\u201d He didn&#8217;t know what he was thinking. Maybe he\u2019d listen to Kim Kardashian.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, we likely won\u2019t see my dream 30-second spot on Sunday: a celebrity mash-up a la BandAid\u2019s\u00a0\u201cWe Are the World\u201d\u00a0Financial literacy is a must. My fantasies feature yacht rock and household names singing verses about good financial hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady can still trill \u201ccompound interest is the GOAT.\u201d DJ Khaled raps \u201c70 equities and 30 bonds \u2014 that\u2019s percent baby.\u201d Floyd Mayweather hollers \u201ctake your 401(k) and your 529 to the max \u2014 or else.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25721296\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25721296\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Bankman-Fried\" class=\"wp-image-25721296\" 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https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-31.jpg, 96&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-32.jpg, 93&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-33.jpg, 71&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-34.jpg, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-35.jpg, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-36.jpg, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-37.jpg, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-38.jpg, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-39.jpg, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-40.jpg, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sam-Bankman-Freid-0007-41.jpg, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Following a huge scandal involving his company (a former top contender within the crypto world), Sam Bankman Fried, co-founder, leaves New York Court.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ooh, there\u2019s Steven Seagal, chanting \u201cdouble up your mortgage payments now and then.\u201d Get sashayed like a Kardashian.\u00a0\u201cDiamonds Are a Girl\u2019s Best Friend\u201d<em>\u2013<\/em>Style her in cranberry satin, elbow-length gloves and twinkles finger wagging. \u2018\u201dDon\u2019t believe everything you read on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bridge: Sam Bankman Fried, those Winkelvoss Twins, float down in an angelic chorus. \u201cEducate, educate yourself,\u201d Gary Gensler, chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission in Hawaiian shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Cut to a QR code like last year\u2019s retro Coinbase pong screen driving clicks to a national high-school finance curriculum and\u00a0\u201cSchoolhouse Rock\u201d<em>\u2013<\/em>style elementary-school campaign. A hundred million viewers log in. The crown roars. It breaks the Internet! Virtual touchdown!<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\nStay up to date with the most important news of today\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\nKeep up to date with Evening Update.\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yes, it\u2019s a fantasy.\u00a0Perhaps Activision Blizzard (home of Candy Crush and Call of Duty) will gamify the idea.<\/p>\n<p>I cast this motley lineup since they all participated in America\u2019s recent mainstream crypto craze. Some starred in last year\u2019s advertising, others own bankrupt financial enterprises or settled with the SEC for online pitching. Bankman-Fried was also arrested for financial fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/08\/ftx-gets-court-approval-to-subpoena-sam-bankman-fried-insiders\/\">Collapse of FTX<\/a> Brady last year pitched it. Activision\u2019s not crypto but it just paid $35 million for misleading disclosures about executive bad guys.<\/p>\n<p>Why not apply for high-profile positions? \u201cfinfluencers\u201d and their billions of followers in a national literacy campaign that will reset our next generation\u2019s financial future? The 2022 TIAA Institute GFLEC Personal Finance Indicator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gflec.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TIAA-Institute-GFLEC-2022-Personal-Finance-P-Fin-Index.pdf\">It indicates<\/a> \u201cAmericans function with a poor level of financial literacy\u201d \u2014 with US adults, on average, correctly answering only 50% of 28 basic money questions, and 23% of respondents only answering seven questions correctly, the worst in any survey year. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Online resources are available from the FDIC and SEC. Gensler shared an educational video featuring creepy men.\u00a0\u201cRisky Business\u201d\u00a0sunglasses in Kardashian\u2019s EthereumMax settlement, but it\u2019s no match for 350 million followers and sleek, curated brands.\u00a0The Council for Economic Education\u2019s 2022 survey of K-12 economic and financial education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.councilforeconed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-SURVEY-OF-THE-STATES.pdf\">Find it<\/a> A course in economics is required to graduate from 25 states, but only nine universities do so. <em>Please enter\u00a0<\/em>You can take it as a stand-alone course, or you can add 14 to your required coursework.\u00a0The required category could include several New York bills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" 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60&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=107, 46&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=93, 40&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=84, 36&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=200, 85&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=231, 98&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=322, 137&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=87, 37&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=150, 64&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-115938-AM.jpg?resize=50, 21&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Matt Damon was among the celebrities to appear in a commercial for crypto.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My husband learned finance skills while on the Eagle Scout path. Like the shoemaker\u2019s kids going barefoot, my own kids did not have a standalone course in their Brooklyn private school. One of my high school students took an elective course on investing from a nighttime MBA teacher. I compensate for this with boring lectures and books.<\/p>\n<p>We pour energy into polarized issues like banned books, critical race theory, transgender restrooms and sports \u2014 issues marginal to most working folk\u2019s daily bread. Meanwhile, what\u2019s more nonpartisan, fact-based, race-blind and beneficial to national success than teaching useful life skills?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We could debate for a while budgeting, credit scores. Savings \u2014 even a small emergency fund \u2014 offers documented mental-health benefits.<\/p>\n<p>I offer the following to our leaders:<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/04\/matt-damon-ripped-over-cringe-worthy-crypto-commercial\/\"> Matt Damon&#8217;s wisdom<\/a> In a cringey 2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crypto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crypto.com<\/a>\u00a0ad: \u201cFortune favors the brave.\u201d Come on, President Joe Biden, Congress and state legislators \u2014 and fellow Americans who care about our nation\u2019s success. It\u2019s time to focus on financial literacy. Let&#8217;s sing it together now: \u201cEducate, educate yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This time next year, let\u2019s play offense and develop\u00a0jazzed-up branding focused on a financial-literacy playbook that breaks the\u00a0Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Touchdown!<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Aiken Koster is a Brooklyn resident who is currently writing a memoir about Kentucky roots and universal stories that resonate with all Americans.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s too late to buy a 2023 Super Bowl advertising slot \u2014 Fox Sports reports the slots, some topping $7 million for 30 seconds, are all sold out. Beer and celebrity snacks are in. \u201cSpokescandies\u201d They are now available. 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