This is a technical premise and the answer to such debate in some cases is very simple. In a situation like this, the financial success surpasses the academic success. Academic Success cannot provide all the financial needs in one life, but the financial success can provide all the academic needs in one's life. And that is why some economist said, anyone who have enough money control the other sectors in the organization. There are some people that have business ideas but no finance to execute the plans and those who have the finance some of them lag the ideas to do business. So those who take the risk are the ones taken the bold step to face the risk ahead.
But those who are educated can do well in business more than those who have not gotten the education.
thats true, finance and academic complement each other, one can have bigger opportunity to suceed with the right amount of education and finance.
but actually there has been some studies that says the higher the academid degree the higher the salary, we're not talking business because we know regardless of academic or financial situation, the iron willed one can succeed but of course having good amount of money can help them becoming even more successful as well as having good education.
my point being, by pursuing degree, we might have many more opportunities compared to those that don't. there's reason why everyone is trying to have a degree, because it just seems prospective, only right now that everyone quite literally have degree that it decrease in value but without it, you will hardly encounter good jobs anyway.