The Foundation for Financial Education and Savings, created by the Italian Banking Association, has developed an educational program that encourages young people to approach finance through literary classics such as “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, “The Bonfire of the Vanities” by Tom Wolfe, “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens, and even “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi.
In the opinion of Elena Querci, professor of Business Administration at the Caio Plinio Commercial Technical Institute, “Moby Dick” is a good book for illustrating the second industrial revolution, while “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe perfectly exemplifies business organization. For their part, other experts consider that the chapter on the gold coin tree in “Pinocchio” perfectly illustrates unconscious money management.
