Human Capital: The Tragedy of the Education Commons

'One of the clearest and most important studies to be published on education, worldwide, in many decades' Danny Dorling

Does the education system make better people? Why are so many – teachers and students alike – stressed and dissatisfied? Do we need to revive real education?

Ideally, education is about the pursuit of truth, beauty and morality. But in the last few decades, a perilous fixation with human capital – skills, knowledge and aptitudes required for the labour market – has trampled ...