I'm talking about those other people over there, the ugly ones who earn less money, marry lower - earning spouses, get offered worse deals on mortgages, and basically get hosed throughout life to the tune of about $ 230,000 in
lost lifetime earnings according to some studies.
Recalling testimony from Harvard economist Raj Chetty, he told the court that if as few as 3 percent of California teachers were ineffective, the academic impact on their students would be the equivalent of $ 11.6 billion in
lost lifetime earnings.
(Spread across an entire classroom,
those lost lifetime earnings total $ 1.4 million, Judge Treu's headline number.)
Not exact matches
Feinberg's role was to decide how much each victim's family was entitled to based on the likely amount of
lifetime earnings lost.
The Center for American Progress estimates that a 26 - year - old woman who is earning $ 30,253 and takes off five years to provide care is
losing $ 467,000 over the course of her career — a 19 percent reduction in her
lifetime earnings.
You don't have enough money to invest, you don't know anything about the stock market, you are worried about
losing money... All of these excuses have likely already cost you thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential
earnings over your
lifetime.
(That figure, over the course of a
lifetime of not negotiating, could add up to as much as $ 2 million in
lost earnings.)
While some of the achievement gains will be
lost, the persistent achievement gains will lead to higher
earnings over the student's
lifetime.
If you really want to be nice, you can ensure your family never has to work again for their lives with a policy in the $ 1.5m - 2m range (average
lifetime earnings potential of a U.S. wage earner), but consider that, in a given year of your working life, you have about a 0.45 % chance to die, I personally don't
lose much sleep with a quarter - mil coverage limit (and I don't even need a physical for that much).
Despite these benefits, workers» comp does not provide money for your pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and your
lifetime lost earnings.
If your injuries prevent you from ever working again, then the negligent party must pay you for a
lifetime of
lost earnings.
Lost earning capacity, which can be demonstrated by an economic expert who can establish the amount of
earnings that a person would have been able to collect in his or her
lifetime if not for the incident.
For example, if an office worker breaks his little toe in an accident and then decides never to work again, even though he could easily return to work, then it would be unfair for the wrongdoer to pay for the office worker's
lifetime of
lost earnings.
This investigation includes gathering evidence regarding the nature of any disabilities caused by the accident, the need for long - term rehabilitation or reconstructive surgery, the amount of
earnings that you may have
lost, and even the cost of
lifetime care.