the story about the grains of rice on the chessboard works equally well. Compound growth exists in nature. A few bugs can quickly multiply into a swarm. I thi

the story about the grains of rice on the chessboard works equally well. Compound growth exists in nature. A few bugs can quickly multiply into a swarm. I think a more effective kind of financial literacy would convey that any time you see wild overshoots in growth it tends to have devastating local effects followed by a crash.