Caplan presented an excellent case here. No, he doesn’t hate education, but wants it to be more fruitful for the students. His several arguments and theories were sound and he supplied “steelmanned” counter arguments to each point. The last chapter was fun. It consisted of five constructed conversations in both intellectual (academic) and laymen styles. They showed how his arguments would play out in the real world with labor economists, parents, high school students, economic professors, and journalists.

Recommended for all teachers and parents of college-bound students.