[robbedpeter]

Man, i think they'd want stuff like: How to create a budget. What does a 401k do for you. How to plan for retirement. How to do your taxes. Balancing a checkbook. Psychology of debt versus paying in cash. How to save money. Nutrition planning under constraints - feeding yourself or your family cost effectively without eating garbage food or wasting money.

Don't get me wrong, intermediate economics topics are useful and valuable, but I think people are overestimating the level of basic knowledge young people have by a huge margin. It might be good to culminate in a crash course in investment banking and hedge fund management, but let's make sure we have a rock solid foundation of practical personal economics that empowers people to take advantage of any level of income, even chintzy $9/hr teenage summer jobs.

Also, workers rights and financial security of identity - cover basic workers rights, unionization rules, benefits, drawbacks, when you need a lawyer, where to report employer misconduct, small claims court, identity security and credit bureaus, credit freezes, and so on.