In the end though, what is the epistemological status of the conclusions that may be drawn from a huge mass of data and observations that is reasoned, but not super-systematic and untramelled by rigorous quantitative scrutiny? I do not have a clear-cut answer.
A few years ago at a meeting of the Central Bank Governors of the Commonwealth, it was recommended that central banks should take steps to enhance financial literacy in their jurisdictions. At the time, of the central banks in the Caribbean only the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago had an active literacy programme.