Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2012-07-29
Books mentioned on 86. Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1
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David Card discussed The Overeducated American by Richard Barry Freeman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Overeducated American
The Overeducated American by Richard Barry Freeman is an influential economic study examining labor market trends and higher education enrollment.
Discussed“The low point was about 1975 to 80, actually when I graduated college. And ironically, a very well-known labor economist, a friend of mine, Richard Freeman, wrote a book in the late 70s called The Overeducated American. In which he argued that trends were suggesting that too many people were going to college.”
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