> Then the solution is not to abolish social science degrees, but to subsidize them. Quite the opposite. The reason a college education is so expensive in the

> Then the solution is not to abolish social science degrees, but to subsidize them. Quite the opposite. The reason a college education is so expensive in the US is because, in an effort to make it more affordable, it has been so heavily subsidized. Schools have diverted the subsidies away from students' pockets into their own, by hiring loads of administrative staff, building new luxurious facilities, etc. In a free market, if Gender Studies degrees provide value greater than their cost, and their cost is not extracted from hapless third parties (i.e. taxpayers), then they will exist.