>>>> Imagine if we lived in a society where public school didn't exist. >>> This assumes the market wouldn't self correct and private schools became the norm.

>>>> Imagine if we lived in a society where public school didn't exist. >>> This assumes the market wouldn't self correct and private schools became the norm. > What about poor people? I think there are 60 million of those in the US. The invisible hand would decide, in its infinite and sublime wisdom, that society is better off if they get no education....which is as clear an illustration as any of what market failure is.