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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Education: For Higher Earnings and Lower Unemployment

Every statistic tells the same story: If you want to earn more, learn more. Between 1973 and 2007, real wages fell 15 percent for non high-school grads; stayed flat for high school grads and workers with "some college"; and rose 18 percent for both college grads and advanced degree grads. Upshot: Just as the cost of college has become prohibitive for many families, the benefits of college have only increased.

For more, see Did Bankers Rob the Middle Class? by Derek Thompson, January 10, 2011 at The Atlantic.

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