I think that the library class that will do people the most good is one that just gets people with more than a month’s budget in their bank account to open an investing account and buy literally two things, one low-risk moderate-return and one high-expected-return. My recommendations in the absence of actually doing research would be US federal bonds and an index fund of small-cap stocks—likely not optimal, but even more likely better than a saving’s account.
I think that the library class that will do people the most good is one that just gets people with more than a month’s budget in their bank account to open an investing account and buy literally two things, one low-risk moderate-return and one high-expected-return. My recommendations in the absence of actually doing research would be US federal bonds and an index fund of small-cap stocks—likely not optimal, but even more likely better than a saving’s account.