Elizabeth Chun Chapter 6, Question 2

This chapter discusses a lot of topics, especially education, that affect the life of students now and in the future as well as directly and indirectly.  The choices I make about school now will affect my future and the future of others, in the same way that the decisions of others will affect my future.  The more educated people there are in the American economy, the greater the productivity will be and the more successful we will be as a whole.  Wheelan says that the human capital (the skills and knowledge people have) is the most important form of capital because it creates the greatest amount of wealth and growth. Good decisions made by Americans right now will also affect the future of this nation positively because what we do not consume now can be invested in future consumption.