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The Case Against Education

The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money is a book written by libertarian economist Bryan Caplan and published in 2018 by Princeton University Press. Drawing on the economic concept of job market signaling and research in educational psychology, the book argues that much of higher education is very inefficient and has only a small effect in improving human capital, contrary to the conventional consensus in labor economics. Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skills but to certify their intelligence, conscientiousness, and conformity—attributes that are valued by employers. He ultimately estimates that approximately 80% of individuals' return to education is the result of signaling, with the remainder due to human capital accumulation. (Wikipedia).

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What's Education For?

The greatest problem of the modern education system is that it doesn't focus on systematically preparing students for many aspects of the real challenge out there: Life itself. SUBSCRIBE to our channel for new films every week: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look a

From playlist WORK + CAPITALISM

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Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #30

Today, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority. Even so, the courts need a method for challenging iss

From playlist U.S. Government and Politics

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Law and Access to Education - Stanford Legal on Sirius XM Radio

The Constitution guarantees equal educational opportunity for all, but what does that actually mean? Listen in as Stanford Law’s Bill Koski discusses education, the law, inequalities, and efforts to improve this vital right in a live taping of the Stanford Legal podcast. For more Stanford

From playlist Stanford Legal podcast

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Rulings on majority and minority rights by the Supreme Court | Khan Academy

How the United States Supreme Court has at times allowed the restriction of the civil rights of minority groups and at other times has protected those rights. Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education and Shaw v. Reno. View more lessons or practice this subject at https://www.khanac

From playlist Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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How secure is Roe vs Wade?

In this module, we focus on the controversy generated by the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade (1973), which gave women the right to have an abortion without excessive government restriction. In particular, we consider: (i) the history of the abortion debate in the late 1960s and ear

From playlist History

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Racism, Law, & Politics (Race Part 1) | Philosophy Tube

Time for some postcolonial philosophy: let’s look at the concepts of race and racism and how they fit into law and politics. Part 2: http://tinyurl.com/gulhspc Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/Philo

From playlist POLITICS AND LAW

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Discrimination: Crash Course Government and Politics #31

Today, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants, Native Americans, non-English speak

From playlist U.S. Government and Politics

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How to Win an Argument

It's not easy to win an argument, but if you follow these step's you will prevail. This information is based off of psychology principle's and law enforcement manuals. The article can be found here http://bit.ly/bi503e

From playlist Psychology Tutorials

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Freedom of Religion: Crash Course Government and Politics #24

Today, Craig is going to take a look at the First Amendment and your right to freedom of religion. We’ll examine some significant Supreme Court decisions and talk about how they’ve affected our interpretations of the law with respect to stuff like animal sacrifice and prayer in schools. As

From playlist U.S. Government and Politics

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Gender and Violence: Time for Coordinated Global Action

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director of UN Women, United Nations spoke on "Gender and Violence: Time for Coordinated Global Action" at Yale University. Sponsored by Women Faculty Forum and the Colloquium on Violence, Intervention, and Agency at the MacMillan

From playlist The MacMillan Center

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La protection judiciaire de la jeunesse - Sébastien Roux

Au coeur de l'Etat Comment les institutions traitent leur public International Conference supported by the European Research Council École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) Paris, 11 & 12 June 2012 More videos on http://video.ias

From playlist Social Science

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11. Education: The Man Made Trap

MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/14-73S11 Instructor: Abhijit Banerjee License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

From playlist MIT 14.73 The Challenge of World Poverty, Spring 2011

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22. AIDS (I)

Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 (HIST 234) The global AIDS pandemic furnishes a case study for many of the themes addressed throughout the course. While in the developed West the disease largely afflicts concentrated high-risk groups such as intravenous drug users and the sexual

From playlist Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 with Frank Snowden

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11. New Modes and Orders: Machiavelli's The Prince (chaps. 13-26)

Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) The discussion of Machiavelli's politics continues in the context of his most famous work, The Prince. A reformer of the moral Christian and classical concepts of goodness and evil, Machiavelli proposes his own definitions of virtue and vi

From playlist Introduction to Political Philosophy with Steven B. Smith

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2015 Castle Lectures - Africa, A Half-Century of Dysfunctional Politics

The 2015 Castle Lectures - Africa: The Last Frontier for Development – Lecture 2: A Half-Century of Dysfunctional Politics Africa has lagged the rest of the developing world in terms of economic development, health, the establishment of social order, and the consolidation of democracy. For

From playlist Castle Lecture Series

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ShmooCon 2012: Encryption, Passwords and Data Security: Latest on the Law and Best Practices (EN)

Speakers: Marcia Hofmann | Jerome Radcliffe Encryption is a critical tool for ensuring the security of personal and proprietary data alike. The courts have recognized some legal protections for encrypted data and encryption passphrases, the state of which are fast-breaking and continue to

From playlist ShmooCon 2012

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ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

The new Every Student Succeeds Act rolls back much of the federal government's big footprint in education policy, on everything from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools. And it gives big new leeway to states in calling the shots. That's a big change from the No Child Lef

From playlist Creating Agency and Relevance in Education

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27c3: Netzmedienrecht, Lobbyismus und Korruption (de)

Speaker: Thomas Barth How does the lobby of media conglomerates? The media use, but also their management and compensation, so its management must be adapted to a digital network world. What is the status of a legal dispute over the rights of authors, exploiters and users of media conten

From playlist 27C3: We come in peace

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