Comments on: Beyond Human Capital

By: zoltan acs

zoltan acs — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:26:07 +0000

Schooling, that is years is first, an economic input. Try to run an economy without education. Second, years of schooling is just a proxy variable for measuring the input. Schooling with experience might be a better measure. In fact if we had upto the minute neuropsychology data on what we have taken in we might we able to get at the bottom of this. The new frontier.

By: Andre

Andre — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:17:45 +0000

Mike’s so right. I’m an old CMU Engineering grad; one of those who aided in the demise of the steel making industry in the late 70’s. I got out of the field because I saw that not many creative and educated folks were helping in the helping professions. So I’ve spent about 20 years in social services; and we still are way short on caring people (over the age of 35, I mean)in these fields…

By: Mike L

Mike L — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:46:06 +0000

Sadly missing: anything to do with the sick, the children, the elderly, the disadvantaged. Yes, “economic vitality” is a Yuppy speciality …