{"product_id":"bryan-caplan-the-case-against-education-9780691196459","title":"The Case against Education","description":"\"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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53687926292822,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780691196459_1.jpg?v=1778855777","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/bryan-caplan-the-case-against-education-9780691196459","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}