The Case against Education

The Case against Education

2018 • 416 pages

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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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Not easy reading but a fascinating and deep analysis of the value of education, strongly buttressed by fact.

August 19, 2018