Education Reform

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I would prefer that all the money the federal government spends on public education goes straight to parents in the form of vouchers. They can take those vouchers and go to any school they want, and that the school should compete for the best teachers,. I just think education reform is huge, because if people don't have the skills to compete, then you can't expect them do well.

In this special episode of the show Shermer and Green discuss one of the most important and yet poorly understood concepts in modern society: money and why it matters. They discuss: the origins of money, and how to make it work for you, how the stock market works, the power of compound interest, the secrets of millionaires, the difference between a IRA, 401(k), and a Roth IRA, hedge-fund managers and investment advisors, the relationship between risk and reward, the relationship between saving and spending, the problem with free market capitalism, money, happiness, and meaning, and the role of luck and contingency in how lives turn out.