i dont know about the social political education politics of sweden, but the generalized issue is the unanswered question: what is education for? the problem

i dont know about the social political education politics of sweden, but the generalized issue is the unanswered question: what is education for? the problem with involving a free market (issues like regulatory capture and misregulation notwithstanding) is that if the product isnt clear, the market output may not be desirable and could be quite malformed. as yogi berra said, if you dont know where youre going, you might not get there. education serves at least 4 purposes: -socialized child care -socialized child feeding -vocational training -general education point four is not well defined and point three is often never defined (who's whole education track is special built for a job they are guaranteed?) given these parameters, what is the expected output of a free market optimization? as we'd say about bad calculations in the navy: garbage in, garbage out.