A person's historical level of self-sufficiency is often predictive of future well-being. The inverse of self-sufficient is dependency, which Thomas Sowell argues is a key to holding people back economically...
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Dependence as a Key to Holding People Back
A person's historical level of self-sufficiency is often predictive of future well-being. The inverse of self-sufficient is dependency, which Thomas Sowell argues is a key to holding people back economically...
Sunday, August 31, 2014
The Nearly Free University
With millions of third party payers artificially boosting demand for higher education it's very difficult to estimate the real cost of a college degree.
In this clip from the Tom Woods Show, author Charles Hugh Smith speculates about the cost of "higher education" in a free market. Do you think it's closer to $120,000 or $5,000?
To learn more about the declining costs of education be sure to check out Charles Hugh Smith's new book "The Nearly Free University"...
Sunday, June 1, 2014
A Revolution in Education
Teachers Pay Teachers is an online marketplace for educators to share their materials. Over 2.6 million people have registered with TpT to buy and sell resources.
It seems, finally, that teachers can be rewarded for their skills and efforts by serving a market need for high quality educational materials.
ReasonTV highlighted success stories of this peer-to-peer economy in a recent episode....
It seems, finally, that teachers can be rewarded for their skills and efforts by serving a market need for high quality educational materials.
ReasonTV highlighted success stories of this peer-to-peer economy in a recent episode....
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