Michael Ryan is a former high-tech executive with over twenty years experience guiding major corporations through the technology changes that have transformed American business. His engineering foundation from Texas A&M, coupled with his financial expertise from UC Berkeley, provided the perfect fit for navigating the new environments.
His success allowed him to retire early and pursue avenues that gave back to his community most importantly through teaching. His obsession with details and his communication skills were equally successful in the classroom. They prepared him perfectly to write this book about education. His analytical approach uncovers a fascinating story about economic theories, their weaknesses, and how the theories persisted, even though there was ample evidence they should be discarded. His hope is to change our educational curriculum to better serve our children by teaching them personal finance instead of weak economic theories that are of no value in the workplace.
His former employer and CEO at Charles Schwab, provided the following endorsement:
"Michael Ryan’s conclusion is 100% correct. America is in desperate need of more financial education and literacy. Economics is theory and of interest to a few, while financial literacy is of practical importance to everyone, every day." Charles Schwab, CEO Charles Schwab Corporation
