Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: oilyriser
I was taught all about debt based money in high school Econ 101.
You had [something] 101 in *high school*?
I went to high school in southern Ontario from '87 - '91 and we did not have "101" style classes, not did we have any economics classes.
Further, not one person I know; ranging from drunken hillbillies in their underwear on up to fancy-pants lawyerin' types, have a good *clear* grasp of this. I thought it was worth posting up a working link for those who are interested.
The course wasn't formally called that, but the teacher used that name on all his paperwork. They taught us reserve ratio, compound interest, and taught the job-destroying effects of minimum wage and so on.
But the popular media does a good job of de-educating the people so they can be safely herded and occasionally taken to be sheared.