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by robbedpeter
1507 days ago
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Man, i think they'd want stuff like:
How to create a budget.
What does a 401k do for you.
How to plan for retirement.
How to do your taxes.
Balancing a checkbook.
Psychology of debt versus paying in cash.
How to save money.
Nutrition planning under constraints - feeding yourself or your family cost effectively without eating garbage food or wasting money. Don't get me wrong, intermediate economics topics are useful and valuable, but I think people are overestimating the level of basic knowledge young people have by a huge margin. It might be good to culminate in a crash course in investment banking and hedge fund management, but let's make sure we have a rock solid foundation of practical personal economics that empowers people to take advantage of any level of income, even chintzy $9/hr teenage summer jobs. Also, workers rights and financial security of identity - cover basic workers rights, unionization rules, benefits, drawbacks, when you need a lawyer, where to report employer misconduct, small claims court, identity security and credit bureaus, credit freezes, and so on. |
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