The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs, and Incomes

ISBN-10
0199944121
ISBN-13
9780199944125
Category
American Dream
Pages
198
Language
English
Published
2011
Author
Phillip Brown

Description

For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies. Challenging this conventional wisdom, 'The Global Auction' forces us to reconsider our deeply held and mistaken views about how the global economy really works and how to thrive in it.

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