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Thus, when traditional money media suggest having a certain amount of money by a certain age, they’re losing whole segments of the population.

Dunn wants to reach people with her message who traditional resources aren’t reaching.īeing turned off by traditional money mediaĭunn says that traditional finance media is condescending, it doesn’t consider most people’s ‘real lives,’ and, she argues, the shame is palpable because “everyone can’t start their retirement savings in kindergarten.” Dunn explains that traditional financial advice isn’t connecting with broader demographics and younger populations because it often leaves out the disenfranchised and minority communities, both economically and demographically.ĭunn says one of the best things she learned during her first season was from a disability expert who shared that disabled people are discouraged from earning more than $2,000 monthly (and sometimes less) or they risk losing Social Security Disability (SSDI) benefits. This is about when Dunn assumed the show description of ‘money for the rest of us.’ Today her show looks at money through a female, person of color, queer, disable, neuro-atypical lens. By the second season, Bad with Money became as much about the social issues about money as money itself. Now, today, there are alternatives now.ĭunn’s show started with her talking about her talking with people about their experiences with money. When you’re concerned about your job security or physical security, the financial security promoted through traditional advice seems unreachable. Especially with money, the traditional advice alienates large segments of the population. “It’s better to look at something through a specific lens rather than a generic one,” Dunn continues. She continues, “All the advice is for middle- to upper-class, able-bodied, largely straight, cis white people.” “As I learned more and more about my own money situation and other people’s money situations, it became clearer to me that was more of a social justice issue than I had previously realized,” Dunn says.