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In an economic context, why would it not be fair to judge the economic worth of someone’s degree on the basis of that degree’s ability to influence their earnin
by tomsthumb 7y ago
In an economic context, why would it not be fair to judge the economic worth of someone’s degree on the basis of that degree’s ability to influence their earnings?
- SantalBlush 7y agoBecause there are a litany of counterexamples to the myth that earnings equate to economic value. Teachers, police officers, and social workers immediately come to mind.
- sanxiyn 7y agoThe obvious solution is to subsidize teacher pay etc, not to subsidize education to be teacher! If teachers are well paid, you wouldn't need to subsidize teacher education.
- dragonwriter 7y agoSubsidizing teacher pay is subsidizing education.
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- tomsthumb 7y agoThat sounds like a great argument for subsidizing teacher and social worker education instead of the wholesale forgiveness of student debt which includes people with degrees in poetry and pottery. Poetry and pottery are both valuable to society, but honestly a lot of the people who are good at those things don’t have matching degrees. Also, forgiving loans for pottery degrees competes with our ability to subsidize education for teachers.
- lutorm 7y agoYes but having an educated citizenry pays dividends in a multitude of non-economic contexts.
- dillonmckay 7y agoUnfortunately, degree != educated.
- VectorLock 7y agoFor most intents and purposes, pursuing a degree entails attempts to become educated.