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597: James Altucher, Serial Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

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Why You Shouldn't Go to College

There is statistical evidence that if you went to college in the 70s, that now you're probably making more money than the people who didn't go to college. But there's a lot of things wrong with that statistical study and it probably doesn't apply to now because college and experience are so different now. A degree means nothing. We're in an idea-based economy and a skill-based economy, not a certificate-based economy. So I do think most students feel like for social reasons and for fear reasons, they should go to school.

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