Do you have the money gene?

So asks Anna Moore in YOU magazine today, with the tantalising notion that some of us have it and some of us haven’t.

Nice idea but when it comes to money management, our learned behaviour trumps our genes every time. Why’s that good? Because learned behaviour can also be unlearned. Restructuring your own DNA is a darn sight harder.

I’m quoted in the article a lot, particularly commenting on Kerry Katona’s dire financial circumstances.

I admit I had to be told who she was. Then again, I never let lack of knowledge stand in the way of having an opinion.

If only she'd read Sheconomics...