Whatever we use to teach financial literacy should be "wealth vehicle" neutral.... for some people, index funds paired with an engineering degree paired with hard work genuinely makes the most sense, etc, and RDPD wouldn't capture or convey that.

You might not find one in Akron to carpool with, but maybe you can pair up with somebody along the way to keep down your gas consumption (and subsequent wear and tear, fluid changes, tires, etc.).

Comparative to your market.Currency vs currency impact?

If you're interested I think it pairs well with Getting Things Done by David Allen.

I have 2 pairs of boxing gloves and 2 sets of headgear.

I have owned two pairs of $300-350 "Italian" sunglasses.

For exampleI try to live well below my means meaning wearing the same pair of shoes for years, packing my own lunch, not impulse shopping, and not give in to social pressures to spend money just because that's what the "norm" is. 

Yet to this day, they keep predicting and missing another big one.There are people that believe our currency will collapse and I have even heard some say "food and bullets will be the new currency."

I came to a conclusion that money is just a representation of all of the above as we’re currently using it as a currency to trade one for another.Best case we have all 5 which then makes us very very wealthy.

China) looking for safe havens for capital preservation with currency fluctuations and risk of government intervention.