
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Could college limit the skillsets of students?
In this episode of In the Arena, host Evan Baehr interviews Bryan Caplan, economist and author of The Case Against Education. Caplan challenges conventional wisdom about higher education, arguing that college degrees are more about signaling status than acquiring skills. He contends that the education system leads to credential inflation without improving productivity, suggesting that it may be better to stop education at a younger age and get people learning on the job.
By Freethink MediaCould college limit the skillsets of students?
In this episode of In the Arena, host Evan Baehr interviews Bryan Caplan, economist and author of The Case Against Education. Caplan challenges conventional wisdom about higher education, arguing that college degrees are more about signaling status than acquiring skills. He contends that the education system leads to credential inflation without improving productivity, suggesting that it may be better to stop education at a younger age and get people learning on the job.