After the Great Depression of 1929, British economist John Maynard Keynes developed a theory that later became known as Keynesian economics. This theory states that when households and companies lack the courage to invest, governments should step in to help support the economy by filling in the holes. Learn more in lesson 3.

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We’ve already learned that financial markets are all about people. And who are the people with the most power? Politicians.

We give politicians the authority to manage the country on our behalf. Their decisions impact what the government spends money on, how much it spends, and who has to pay for it.

That’s a pretty big deal.

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Congrats, you’ve made it this far! We know it’s a lot of info, but you’re crushing it ????

In this module, we’re finally going to start putting together everything we’ve learned so we can understand the financial markets in a single coherent framework.

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Fintech isn’t about finance. It’s not even about technology. It’s about people.

As a Fintech platform, our job at Invstr is to help you gain an understanding of how the financial markets work, give you information to make good decisions, and give you the opportunity to start investing with small amounts of money.

Your success is our success ????

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The last category of people in the markets is the most important - all of us! We’re known as retail investors ????

Not all retail investors are created equal. Those with certain levels of income or wealth are called accredited investors. They’re allowed to buy less liquid securities that other retail investors aren’t allowed to buy.

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