Economic Stratification and College Admission

Tags: Big Government, Education

04/16/2019 William L. Anderson

The increasing importance of elite higher education is a symptom of “political capitalism” in which success is determined by political connections rather than by the satisfaction of consumer preferences in the marketplace.

Original Article: “Economic Stratification and College Admission”.

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