Why Don’t We Learn from Economic Development Failures?
Michael Hicks is screaming it from his rooftop: higher education is the key to economic gains. Too bad no one pays any attention to him.
"To put it as plainly as possible: Educational attainment alone is now a more powerful predictor of a region’s economic success than everything else combined...The Midwest has lagged behind the nation in growth for four decades"
Education After High School Is the Path to Middle-Class Life
"For young people, I think the evidence points heavily towards continuing education after high school. I recognize there are loud voices in the state saying “you don’t need to go to college.” I think these voices are terribly misinformed, or they have the interests of someone other than the student in mind."