This father’s dilemma is on my mind on Eid (Aidilfitri) this year. It is a good time to reflect on the meaning of money and exchange for a child versus an adult. The grown-ups tried to tell us that Eid is not about money, but about the festivities, the food, the spending of time together with the whole extended clan. It was my first lesson in what we might call customary forms of exchange versus market exchanges. But let them also know scarcity, which is as much a part of the world of trade and exchange as an investment of time and money.

Source: The Star May 16, 2021 00:00 UTC