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Explaining the inflation rate (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is why we need to teach people calculus. At the very minimum - derivatives.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

wait til they find out that the derivatives market is vastly larger than the stock market itself.

[–] explodicle 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if you're joking, but those are two different types of derivatives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Not sure how you derived that.