Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-08-22
Books mentioned on The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into (Update)
America’s top colleges are facing record demand. So why don’t they increase supply?
Stephen Dubner discussed The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Case against Education
The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan is an economic critique arguing that the modern education system is largely a waste of time and money because higher education functions primarily as a social signal for employers.
Discussed“The Economist Brian Kaplan in a book called the case against education argues that one major function of a college degree is to act as a social signal a way to tell the world that you are worth hiring worth being friends with perhaps worth being intimidated by in kaplan's view”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Markets, Minds, and Money
“Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research, by Miguel Urquiola (2020).”