published Jul 9, 2018 1:00:13 AM, by Mark Whitehouse (Bloomberg Opinion) — In the eyes of the West, Russia does a lot of things wrong. It meddles in elections. It poisons people on foreign soil. It rides roughshod over free speech and democratic values. But according to one Western economist,

Sasha Abena Meade and her husband have just purchased a laptop and a personal finance software for their teenage daughter. They say they want their daughter to learn prudent personal finance principles early, and they think the best time to do that is in her high school days. Sasha and her husband are but just one couple who have purchased personal finance software for their daughter. Many are doing the same thing.