The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money by Caplan, Bryan

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative--education is...
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The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money by Caplan, Bryan

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

$113.05

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

$113.05
Author: Bryan Caplan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education

Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative--education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity--in other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee. Learn why students hunt for easy As and casually forget most of what they learn after the final exam, why decades of growing access to education have not resulted in better jobs for the average worker but instead in runaway credential inflation, how employers reward workers for costly schooling they rarely if ever use, and why cutting education spending is the best remedy.

Caplan draws on the latest social science to show how the labor market values grades over knowledge, and why the more education your rivals have, the more you need to impress employers. He explains why graduation is our society's top conformity signal, and why even the most useless degrees can certify employability. He advocates two major policy responses. The first is educational austerity. Government needs to sharply cut education funding to curb this wasteful rat race. The second is more vocational education, because practical skills are more socially valuable than teaching students how to outshine their peers.

Romantic notions about education being "good for the soul" must yield to careful research and common sense--The Case against Education points the way.

Author: Bryan Caplan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01/30/2018
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780691174655

About the Author
Bryan Caplan is professor of economics at George Mason University and a blogger at EconLog. He is the author of Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun than You Think and The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (Princeton). He lives in Oakton, Virginia.

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