Originally Posted by
nsacpi
It should go without saying that no investment produces a guaranteed return. If that were the criteria no type of investment would be undertaken. If you look at the risk/return profile of an investment in education the returns are quite favorable. Moreover, it is a type of investment with large amounts of favorable externalities that accrue to society generally.
All of this is boring and pedantic. But someone's gotta do the Lord's work (aka pointing out the obvious) around here.