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> I always wonder why schools don't even teach the beginnings of finance to everybody. You'd almost think there is a reason why it explicitly is not being taught.

This! It's crazy the advantage you get from knowing some basic personal finance and economics. Whenever someone younger asks for advice about what to learn to get ahead my two answers are personal finance and programming.



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