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Free post-secondary education is a reasonable idea for the advanced economies of today. However, if the public pays for post-secondary education, then the allo
by codex 13y ago
Free post-secondary education is a reasonable idea for the advanced economies of today. However, if the public pays for post-secondary education, then the allocation of majors should be in the public interest. Graduating a surplus of English majors does nobody any good.
- HarryHirsch 13y agoThe advanced economies have a problem - there are simply not enough jobs to go around anywhere; if there were we would see longer workweeks, economic sectors with high number of vacancies, or even sectors with rising wages. That said, it's easy to hate on humanities majors. But consider that at my second-tier state school, about 70 % of science majors are shooting for pre-med, not to prepare for a career in science. They know well enough that there are no jobs in science. A fair share of those people won't get into medical school, and medical education is a fine mess itself and likely the next bubble. It's not a good use of public funds.
- Zigurd 13y agoIn a post-labor economy, poets might be the only people left with a job.
- TruthElixirX 13y ago>post-labor economy lol. No. Thats even more ridiculous than post scarcity.