The Zero-Sum Game Theory, or Fixed Pie Argument, is a Myth . . . | Christopher WhiteOriginally Posted by iguanaman
The Zero-Sum Game Theory, or Fixed Pie Argument, is a Myth . . . | Christopher White
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The neoliberal economic agenda is leading to decreasing funding for public services around the world; in education, this agenda attempts “to weaken public control over education while simultaneously encouraging privatization of the educational service and greater reliance on market forces” (Berman, 2003, p. 253). Globally, decreased public funding of higher education is affecting institutions and systems (Prichard & Wilmott, 1997). Neoliberalism assumes that the market is more efficient than the state, so goods and services once considered public should become privatized, which also frees up capital for the market. “It seems that the policy of privatizing public science and its institutions has proceeded ideologically rather than by rational calculation. Such policies are assumed to fuel innovation and maximize wealth creation, but that is a highly contested assumption” (Atkinson-Grodjean, 2002, p. 72, emphasis in original). Higher education institutions must adjust, and are looking across borders for examples of adaptive and entrepreneurial organizations (Clark, 1998; Sporn, 1999).
Okay, so you have none. You could have saved yourself some needless effort by just saying so.
Market driven policies are hardly new, obviously you have no knowledge of them. Feel free to keep yourself in the dark.
No, they are not new. That is why the link of yours to an opinion piece was unnewsworthy.
It's not an opinion piece. It's an academic one. Also, these policies are relatively new since more and more politicians from both parties are opting into representing them rather than preserving the existing system.
Sure. Border security, for example.
When public education was almost entirely funded by government, education was incredibly cheap.wrong. Not only has that never been the case, feel free, for example, to take a look at the continued rising cost for our primary education system.
As universities have been caught up in the larger neoliberal trend toward privatization, costs have skyrocketedThis is also incorrect. Firstly, our country has always had private colleges, Secondly, every single state in the union spends more on it's public colleges now than it did in 2007. There has been no "neoliberalization" trend - what has occurred is that, spurred by government support, colleges have hiked prices faster than the ability of the state to keep up.
That's interesting.There is no reasonable argument to be made that government is the larger problem
Um. You do know that the position that federal support to student loans is a major driver of the increase in tuition is such a crazy right-wing theory that it is the position of the current administration, who just admits that they don't know what to do about it, right?
If I may quote Joe Biden on the matter: "in a pure free-market the college tuition would have to be lower".Privatization is the problem. Running universities as businesses is the problem.
And, when government isn't screwing the market, it is.Tuition is significantly higher, which should be impossible, as I was led to believe that private businesses were without fail cheaper and more efficient!
There are two industries where government is the major purchaser, and heavily controls supply: Healthcare, and Education. There are also two industries where costs have skyrocketed well past inflation for decades without a corresponding increase in quality: Healthcare and Education.
“In America we have a two-party system,” a Republican congressional staffer told a visiting group of Russian legislators. “There is the stupid party. And there is the evil party. I am proud to be a member of the stupid party. Periodically, the two parties get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. This is called: bipartisanship."
That's because they are supplied by private interest whose interest is to make a profit.
Sure. That's why the price of personal computers has skyrocketed, wheres military equipment keeps getting cheaper every year.
“In America we have a two-party system,” a Republican congressional staffer told a visiting group of Russian legislators. “There is the stupid party. And there is the evil party. I am proud to be a member of the stupid party. Periodically, the two parties get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. This is called: bipartisanship."
Military equipment is also supplied by private interest.
Sure. That's why the price of personal computers has skyrocketed, wheres military equipment keeps getting cheaper every year.
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