The university's banking associates organised a banking course, worth 1,8 credits (point eight???). It offers a rather interesting view to a humanist. It's in a way as if I observe an alien race. Especially from the linguistic points there are fascinating features: for
instance, during tonight's lecture the lecturer talked about the financial crisis and how it was caused by 'sub-primes'. He did do some overall defining to the term, but not once did he use the Finnish term specially created for these kind of credit type: roskalaina. Because that's what it is: an elaborate paper system in which banks sell, primarily to other banks, invisible things. In the US case, they were selling the American credit business norm (only economists could think of selling norms...) once they've turned them into word babble on paper (and since most of these people are men, they don't dare to ask what the hell the babble actually *means*!).
I'm probably going to have some other remarks to make over the rest of the week and next week while the course lasts. Stay tuned. :)
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This is, by the way THE coolest Aapeli avatar I ever created! (Cat lifting its own tail and so on...) I love the amputated hand because it breaks the whole stereotypical goth habitus!
