TV Show about helping people fix their economy
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Written by Enspyre, on 11-05-2008
For the last week I have been watching a Swedish TV show. They have all the season's of the show on their website so I have seen a couple of episodes every other day. For anyone who has ever had any money trouble (I think that would cover about 99.9% of everybody) it is nice to see that a) there are people who are more screwed up than I am and b) there are solutions and ways out. The show hosts are 2 accountants who spends about a week with the family/person in need and helps them get things in order. The first thing that happens is that the family has to sign a power of attourney which means that the two accountants have full rights to make any decisions the feel is necessary. They can sell houses, boats, TVs or they can take out new loans or cancel loans; whatever they think is needed to right the economic situation.
 
I wonder if this show would work in Taiwan? Does something like it already exist maybe? 
For the last week I have been watching a Swedish TV show. They have all the season's of the show on their website so I have seen a couple of episodes every other day. For anyone who has ever had any money trouble (I think that would cover about 99.9% of everybody) it is nice to see that a) there are people who are more screwed up than I am and b) there are solutions and ways out. The show hosts are 2 accountants who spends about a week with the family/person in need and helps them get things in order. The first thing that happens is that the family has to sign a power of attourney which means that the two accountants have full rights to make any decisions the feel is necessary. They can sell houses, boats, TVs or they can take out new loans or cancel loans; whatever they think is needed to right the economic situation.
 
I wonder if this show would work in Taiwan? Does something like it already exist maybe? 
 
I am guessing they make money by selling ads on the website as well. There are a lot of tools there to help people control their economy so obviously it is a dream come true for banks and other financial services companies.
 
 
 
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Posted by the man who can, on 12-05-2008,
1. This is a great idea!
I'm sure there are many people who would watch this, and I expect you could sell them all sorts of services. 
 
But how would you find the people who would be willing to take part? Taiwanese are pretty cagey about admitting that they have made mistakes, so it would not be easy to persuade them to let a camera crew into their homes. 
 
I'm trying to think about what sort of people would co-operate, and all I can think of is "people who want publicity" - which may not be a bad thing. 
 
You may get a public figure or two who wants to try and get some mileage out of the "my struggle against debt/alcoholism" thing. It could be a great way to rehabilitate someone who's popularity has fallen recently. Then there would also be all the wannabe famous people. Some would probably go out and spend on their cards just to qualify for the show if it meant 30 minutes of being a TV star. 
 
And how about companies? "Wow, you really do have a great hotel and a wonderful location, but you're not profitable. Why don't you offer these special deals which we will kindly tell everybody in TV-land about?" - It would be especially good if it was one of those shows where you follow-up every few months. There are plenty of struggling businesses out there who would like to have some publicity, especially if there were "experts" telling the public about how great they are. 
 
Politicians? Campaign finances in a mess? Maybe not, but maybe. 
 
Schools, with an educational program attached?
 
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