The growth of the womanâs movement, and its impact on the consciousness of African-American women in particular, helped fuel a âblack womenâs literary renaissanceâ of the 1970s, beginning in earnest with the publication of âThe Bluest Eyeâ (1970), by Toni Morrison.
Even if you started saving every month since your childâs birth and earned an annualized average return of 7 percent, you have to put away $215 each month for college savingsâand thatâs for only one child attending a public college.
Then enter a number of years for which you would like to calculate your opportunity costs. For the sake of this calculation, weâll say 10 years. Press CALCULATE, and the true cost of your spending becomes obvious. On lattes alone, you will spend $14,592. If you had put that money into a savings account, you could have made $4,290.33 in interest alone. This means that your opportunity costs for this expenditure amount to a whopping $18,882.33!