Tag: College Costs

Why College Degrees are Losing Their Value

The concept of inflation (the depreciation of purchasing power of a specific currency) applies to other goods besides money. Inflation is related to the Law of Supply and Demand. As the supply of a commodity increases, the...

Google’s Plan to Disrupt Higher Education

My wife and I recently hired a financial advisor who is helping us map out our financial future. He seemed stunned that we didn’t want to take advantage of the US tax code’s 529 provision, which helps parents save for their children’s education...

Should College be Free?

Here is a conversation recently overheard between two college students, nearly verbatim: First student: Yeah, I think Bernie Sanders is right on about college being free! Students are going into debt to go to college and it’s not fair. Really unfair...