Wednesday, February 26, 2014

MarketWatch: The Cost of Dumbness

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

We all know there’s a price for being dumb. The problem is quantifying it.

But now some researchers have an estimate of the cost of America’s failure to make the grade in the classroom. It will cost the U.S. economy close to $15 trillion through the year 2050.

That’s trillion, with a T. It’s enough money to wipe out nearly all of America’s debt. Read more here.
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