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Download full textSmith, James P.; Welch, Finis – 1978
A review is presented of Richard Freeman's "The Overeducated American," a book that proposes that the U.S. has entered an era in which the college degree cannot be assumed to be a safe avenue to economic success. Focus here is on five of the book's seven main conclusions. Freeman's evidence documenting the new depression for…
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