In Order to Send Your Oldest Child to Law School

question 18

Short Answer

In order to send your oldest child to law school when the time comes, you want to accumulate $40,000 at the end of 18 years. Assuming that your savings account will pay 6% compounded annually, how much would you have to deposit if:
a. you want to deposit an amount annually at the end of each year?
b. you want to deposit one large lump sum today?

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Definitions:

Social Stratification

The hierarchical arrangement or classification of individuals within a society based on wealth, income, social status, occupation, or other criteria.

Marx

Karl Marx, a 19th-century philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist whose works about the struggles between classes under capitalism are foundational to the development of communist theory.

Weber

A reference to Max Weber, a German sociologist and political economist whose theories on authority, bureaucracy, and social stratification have significantly influenced the field of sociology.

Davis and Moore

Sociologists who proposed a functionalist theory suggesting that social stratification has beneficial consequences for the operation of society.