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Why savings accounts feel like a scam but alternatives feel scary

I know my savings account earns almost nothing while the bank loans my money out at high interest rates, but I'm too intimidated by investing to do anything else with it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Financial illiteracy combined with risk aversion keeps people trapped in arrangements that slowly erode their wealth.

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