We need government to provide education, right? Wrong. There are plenty of arguments against the public provision of what we laughingly call education, but it’s interesting to take a brief glance at history to see what kind of evidence we can uncover. That’s what I did in this episode.
Books Mentioned
Education and the State, by E.G. West
Education: Free and Compulsory, by Murray N. Rothbard
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Related Episodes
Ep. 238: How Private Schools Educate the Poor (James Tooley)
Ep. 71: Low-Cost Private Schools in the Developing World (Pauline Dixon)
Ep. 62: Separating School and State (Sheldon Richman)
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