Bryan Caplan on Learning across Disciplines (Live at Mason Econ)
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The Case Against Education, Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
In your new book, you argue that education is a waste of time and money. What deeper disease about our society do you think excess credentialism reflects? At least a big part of it is what psychologists call action bias - the idea that itss we ought to do something right. And again, i think f this as primarily a disease of government, because it's so based upon what people say rather than on how things actually turn out.
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