Enterprising Education: Doing Away with the Public School System |
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Authors: | Andrew Young Walter Block |
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Institution: | (1) Economics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A;(2) Economics and Finance Department, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR, 72035, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | We critically examine the accepted notion that primary education is a legitimate and necessary function of the state. The
notion is based upon three tenets: 1) public education is a necessary condition for democracy, 2) the market will not provide
equal access and quality of education to all, and 3) education represents an external economy. Each tenet is addressed and
evaluated according to its merits. In doing so, we also contrast the fulfillment of the ends implicit in the tenets under
state and market provisions. We conclude that the state provision of primary education cannot be justified by these goals,
and that market provision is a preferable alternative.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | education public finance libertarian studies |
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