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	Podcast:		EconTalk Archives, 2014
	Episode:		Bryan Caplan on College, Signaling and Human Capital
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		01:02:59
	Publish Date:		2014-04-07 06:30:00
	Description:		Bryan Caplan of George Mason University and blogger at EconLog talks to EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the value of a college education. Caplan argues that the extra amount that college graduates earn relative to high school graduates is misleading as a guide for attending college--it ignores the fact that a sizable number of students don't graduate and never earn that extra money. Caplan argues that the monetary benefits of a college education have a large signaling component rather than representing the value of the knowledge that's learned. Caplan closes by arguing that the subsidies to education should be reduced rather than increased.
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