> Financial literacy is a gift, and absolutely omitted from standard education, which is unfortunate.

With my tinfoil hat on, I feel like that is by design.

tinfoilhatter 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think you even need to wear a tinfoil hat to reach this conclusion. Knowing about the origins of the modern outcome-based education systems in the West (we borrowed from the Prussian education system which replaced the classical education system based on the Trivium and Quadrivium) I would assert that your claim is spot on.

	▲	internet_points 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		you should know haha :)

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alxmdev 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Probably, because everything would collapse if everyone was an "investor" and fewer people did actual work to keep the world going.

	▲	RealStickman_ 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		This type of investing isn't about day trading following the latest hype. It's about putting some surplus money to better use for when you need it in 10-20 years.
	▲	koakuma-chan 5 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		There are people who don't invest? Do they just keep their retirement savings in cash? I imagine for most people either the government or their employer invests for them.
	▲	triceratops 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		If everyone was an "investor" it means they aren't blowing all their spare cash on goods and services. Demand drops and you need fewer people to work to provide said goods and services. It kinda balances out.

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nxor 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How couldn't it be? If the finance industry made things clearer then more people would benefit from it.