Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University and author of The Case Against Education.

In this episode you’ll learn where and when to be a nonconformist, whether the college path is useful for the average student as a mechanism for launching their career, the cost benefit of acquiring a degree, the inefficiencies of school funding in America, and practical ways of exiting the traditional educating system.

This episode is sponsored by John Galt Mortgage Company https://www.johngaltmortgage.com

Chapters:

0:00 - Bryan Caplan

14:40 - Proving Your Worth Without a Degree

17:59 - The Future of Higher Education

21:39 - What Might Change the Trajectory of Education?

32:40 - Sponsor: John Galt Mortgage Company

34:25 - Opting Out of K-12 vs. Opting Out of College

38:40 - Is a College Degree the Core Factor of Your Perceived Job Value

42:50 - The Spending Inefficiencies of the Education System

46:41 - The School Choice Movement

49:15 - The Most Important Things That Need to Be Changed in Education

52:40 - How Has Academia Changed Over the Last Couple Decades

55:30 - Bryan’s Upcoming Book about Nonconformity

59:50 - How to Find More of Bryan’s Work

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Book | The Case Against Education

Website | http://www.bcaplan.com

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Twitter | @hannahfrankman

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