1. To get a leg up. Most Americans don't know their ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to economics, finance, or anything beyond personal accounting. Figure this stuff out (even just a little bit) and you can beat the crowd to a lot of investments.
2. To stay sharp. Exercise your grey matter outside of work, expand your mental horizons, and test your math, geography, and sociology skills - economics, properly applied, is little more than a combination of the three. Which brings us to...
3. To get a fresh perspective. If nothing else, you'll see things in a slightly different light. Your new views might not come with as rosy a tint, but if you don't like the reality of the situation, you're in a better place to change it after you can comprehend it.
4. To get a better idea of how things really work. Finance and economics tie pretty much everything else together - everyone is beholden to the almighty dollar. Would it kill you to have a better understanding of how the strings are moving the puppets? Doubtful. Knowledge is power, y'all.
5. Because the economy is affecting you, whether you follow it or not. This is the bottom line. You know what they say: Ignorance is bliss, but so is getting rich.
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