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The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money Paperback - 2019
by Afterword by Bryan Caplan; Bryan Caplan
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"Few would disagree that our education system needs reform. While most call for more--more government subsidies, more time in school, more students attending college--Caplan provocatively argues for less. The Case against Education urges a radical rethinking about why we've been unsuccessful to date--and why more of the same won't work."--Vicki Alger, Independent Institute
"Bryan Caplan has written what is sure to be one of the most intriguing and provocative books on education published this year. His boldly contrarian conclusion--that much schooling and public support for education is astonishingly wasteful, if not counterproductive--is compelling enough that it should be cause for serious reflection on the part of parents, students, educators, advocates, and policymakers."--Frederick Hess, American Enterprise Institute
"You doubtless asked many times in school, 'When am I going to use this?' Bryan Caplan asks the same question, about everything taught prekindergarten through graduate school, and has a disturbing answer: almost never. Indeed, we'd be better off with a lot less education. It's heresy that must be heard."--Neal McCluskey, Cato Institute
"The Case against Education is a riveting book. Bryan Caplan, the foremost whistle-blower in the academy, argues persuasively that learning about completely arbitrary subjects is attractive to employers because it signals students' intelligence, work ethic, desire to please, and conformity--even when such learning conveys no cognitive advantage or increase in human capital."--Stephen J. Ceci, Cornell University
"This book is hugely important. The Case against Education is the work of an idiosyncratic genius."--Lant Pritchett, author of The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't Learning
"Caplan deals provocatively and even courageously with an important topic. Readers will be disturbed by his conclusions, maybe even angry. But I doubt they will ignore them."--Richard Vedder, author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much
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- Title The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
- Author Afterword by Bryan Caplan; Bryan Caplan
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 424
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2019-08-20
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780691196459 / 0691196451
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.8 x 5.2 x 1.3 in (19.81 x 13.21 x 3.30 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Education - Aims and objectives - United, Educational sociology - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 370.973
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