Quarex Update: Two New Financial Curricula + Interactive Maps for Every Country

Two major updates this week: a pair of comprehensive financial literacy curricula on Public Studies, and interactive maps that now work for every country in the world — plus all US states and global territories.

New Curriculum: Investing for Regular People

A complete, no-nonsense curriculum for ordinary people who want to build wealth without getting ripped off. Twelve courses from understanding stocks and bonds to retirement accounts, real estate, and the psychology that makes investors fail.

What it covers:

• How the stock market actually works — not the myths
• Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and index investing
• Retirement accounts: 401(k), IRA, Roth, HSA, and when to use each
• Real estate investing for regular people (not gurus)
• Investment psychology: why your brain sabotages your portfolio
• The investment industry: who's selling what and how to avoid getting ripped off
• Your first year as an investor: a month-by-month action plan

Explore it: Investing for Regular People Syllabus

New Curriculum: Money, Markets, and Economic Power

A curriculum for understanding money — not just how to manage your own, but how the economic system actually works, who controls it, and the forces that shape wealth and poverty.

What it covers:

• Personal finance fundamentals and scam recognition
• Economic systems compared: capitalism, socialism, and mixed economies
• Dollar dominance and what threatens it
• Economic coercion: how debt, healthcare, and housing constrain freedom
• Wealth concentration: the racial wealth gap, billionaire philanthropy, autocrat hidden fortunes
• AI + billionaires = hyperagency: how technology amplifies economic power
• The ungovernable economy: what happens when tech concentration meets market instability

Explore it: Money, Markets, and Economic Power Syllabus

Interactive Maps: Now for Every Country, State, and Territory

The interactive map feature has been expanded massively. When reading about any location in the Geography Libraries, you can now click "View Map" to see an interactive OpenStreetMap view of that place.

New coverage includes:

• Every country in the world — 195 nations with accurate coordinates and zoom levels
• All 50 US states + DC — from Alabama to Wyoming
• US territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands
• Global territories and dependencies — Greenland, Hong Kong, Scotland, Quebec, and more

New feature: Local/English toggle — Switch between map labels in the local language (using OpenStreetMap) or English (using CartoDB Voyager). Want to see Tokyo written as 東京 or as "Tokyo"? Now you can choose.

Read about a country, then explore its geography on the map in a separate view. The back button returns you exactly where you were.

Current Platform Stats

• quarex.org — 750+ books, 4,500+ chapters across all libraries
• publicstudies.org — Now 10 curated curricula
• knowableonline.org — The university learning portal
• election2026.net — Every Congressional race
• elecciones2026.net — Spanish-language election coverage

The platform keeps growing. Financial literacy content this week; geographic exploration tools too. The goal remains: make serious knowledge accessible to everyone.