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Is College a Financial Trap? The Real Cost Parents Never Calculate (Ep. 259)
Is a college degree actually worth the cost — or are parents sacrificing their financial future so their kids can party for four years?
In this episode, we finish the final two chapters of Becoming Your Own Banker by R. Nelson Nash, starting on page 75 with a hard look at the monetary value of a college degree — and ending with a powerful discussion on what to do if you're uninsurable.
We challenge the deeply ingrained belief that everyone deserves a college education, unpack why the cost of college has exploded faster than inflation, and expose how parents are quietly taking on decades of…
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