Because they want the kids to grow up into financially ignorant adults.
They also don’t teach other important life skills or character either.
By design.
I grew up in a house that was illiterate in that department. I used it as motivation, especially when the drill sgt. got in my face(basic training). I vowed never to be in a position to take that kind of crap again. Took 40 years but I’m very happy. Know any stray women out there?
Yup, I’m surprised more haven’t realized this. It’s just to keep the masses down and ignorant as possible. It keeps a certain skill set, in this case simple knowledge of how an economy works, among the elite by default.
It should be taught as just another class all throughout public education, like math or English, from simple concepts in elementary school to more complex in high school.
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