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The case against education by Bryan Douglas Caplan · Booklabria

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First published: 2018

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: Education
Finance
Aims and objectives
Education, aims and objectives
Educational sociology
Labor supply
Set in: United States

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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2018
Pages: 395
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0691174655
ISBN-10: 0691174652

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