A study released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland argues that studying more math in high school will make you more successful later in life. “Even among workers with the same level of education, those with more math have higher wages on average and are less likely to be unemployed,” says the commentary by former Cleveland Fed research economist Jon James.
This is an important question, and James is in good company. James Simons, who was one of the world’s most successful hedge fund managers, is a top mathematician, after all. Math “seemed like the world’s greatest career,” Simons told an MIT audience three years ago.
