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Suppose that it costs $15,000 per year to obtain a four-year college education.Assume that the real interest rate is 5% and that there are 45 years beyond college graduation during which an individual will work.What after-tax returns on the investment are necessary to justify making the investment on purely monetary grounds? If the post-schooling period were changed by 5 years in either direction,how would your calculation change? What does the latter exercise show?


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