The Global Auction: The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs, and Incomes

by Phillip Brown, David Ashton, Hugh Lauder

Book Overview

For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies. Indeed, it is almost universally believed that college diplomas give Americans and Europeans a competitive advantage in the global knowledge wars.

Challenging this conventional wisdom, The Global Auction forces us to reconsider our deeply held and mistaken views about how the global economy really...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199926441
• ISBN13: 9780199926442
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"