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The Case Against Education

Feb 16, 2018
52:00

Bryan Caplan gives us the case against traditional education and how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy. Why have decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for the average worker but instead in runaway credential inflation?

Further Readings/References:

The Case against Education

Encyclopedia of Libertarianism: Education

Free Thoughts Podcast: The Education Apocalypse

Free Thoughts Podcast: The State of State Education

More about Bryan Caplan’s work



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