cato-unbound.org - 10/6/2008
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In this month's provocative lead essay, the American Enterprise Institute's Charles Murray draws from his new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality , to argue against America's obsession with the four-year BA degree. Murray argues that the BA ...
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An Education Debate
EconLog: Library of Economics and Liberty —
It starts with Charles Murray , but we already know what he thinks. And although Kevin Carey's essay will appear later, we know what ...
Down with the B.A., and Long Live Education
Cato @ Liberty —
... Education should not be made to suffer under a system like this, and neither should those who want to achieve something with their lives. You can read his proposals for education reform in this month’s Cato Unbound. Education economist Pedro Carneiro will have a reply tomorrow, economist Bryan Caplan of George Mason University will reply on Friday, and education policy expert Kevin Carey will have a follow-up on Monday. ...
Charles Murray on Education
The Buck Stops Here —
Charles Murray has a provocative column summarizing a recent book on why college is overvalued. As Murray puts it, hardly anyone would think the following is a good system, if designed from scratch: ...
The Value of a College Education
The Austrian Economists —
... CATO Unbound has an interesting discussion on this essay by Charles Murray. I particular appreciated the various comments by Bryan Caplan. ...
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