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> The fundamental problems, he says, are a dark triad of social maladies: a bloated elite class, with too few elite jobs to go around; declining living standard
by tomohawk 6y ago
> The fundamental problems, he says, are a dark triad of social maladies: a bloated elite class, with too few elite jobs to go around; declining living standards among the general population; and a government that can’t cover its financial positions
And yet, we continue to heavily subsidize the miss/over education of more who will be un/under employed upon graduation, and who will have no hope of paying off student loans.
Instead of heavily subsidizing these schools that have billions of endowments, we should be requiring them to provide their own financing. If their product is so great, they should have no trouble standing behind it.
- cultus 6y agoThe shakeup COVID has caused hopefully will result in some reforms in higher education, which is just such a bloated top-heavy mess with self-serving administrators and boards that it makes the military look efficient.
- arbitrage 6y agoyou should see academia collaborate with the military. It took me eight months to get a firewall exception in place with NASA.