Why Not Compulsory College?
27th October 2013
Bryan Caplan does what economists do best – take absurd policy prescriptions to their logical extreme to show how ridiculous they are.
A few nay-saying libertarians and unschoolers aside, almost everyone favors compulsory K-12 education. Yet virtually no one favors compulsory college. It’s quite a mystery. If mandatory education is a great idea at the primary and secondary levels, why would it be a horrible idea at the tertiary level? What is the origin of this peculiar policy discontinuity?
October 28th, 2013 at 06:46
Caplan is not a believer in the low-information voter.