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The case against education

The case against education

Bryan Douglas Caplan · 2018 · 395 pages

Vocational educationAims and objectivesFinanceLabor supplyEducational sociologyEducation

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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 conformityin other words, to signal the qualities of a good employee.

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