> So, I was wondering what other armchair-ers think about this. If it's a > good idea, what are the obstacles preventing it from being implemented? > If it's a bad idea, why?
The big "problem" is that parents have no right over the future income of their children. Hence they cannot make the contract. Neither can the children themselves until they reach (legal) maturity. HOWEVER. It would be a way of financing university. And a very good one, I may add. reducinmg the need for governments to get involved in the privision of what is arguably a private good: higher education. - Jacob Braestrup ps: I believe that many south american football (soccer) stars are found in this way (ronaldo, I think, for one): rich entrepreneurs discovering young talented but poor kids, helping them, and then making huge profits later. Since I assume that the stars are "discovered" quite young, the entrepreneurs must have found some way around the problem of legal maturity - maybe you could look into that
