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Bryan Caplan - Nurturing Orphaned Ideas

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Education as Signaling

  • Bryan Caplan argues that education primarily serves as a signal of worker quality, not just the acquisition of job skills.
  • This resonates with general audiences, who recognize it from personal experience.
  • However, people resist funding cuts, clinging to the ingrained belief in education's inherent value despite its wasteful nature.
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