Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Cato Gets It Wrong

Cato is a putative free market think tank, and one of its "scholars" (from the greek, leisurely) advises we have free trade in education worldwide:

One way to promote free trade in higher education is with international trade agreements. 

But not really.  Free trade agreements are never about free trade, they are always bogus.  The only free trade possible is unilaterally pursued.  Anything negotiated is always constrained, not free.

So Cato uses the right words, but means nothing of the sort.  Only Seattle Teachers' College pursues free trade in education worldwide.

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