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PDF pending restorationBowles, Samuel – 1979
This paper asserts that the reason so many high school graduates are functionally illiterate may be that the form of economic organization in the United States does not sufficiently value or make use of intelligence. The paper reviews studies that report both the decline in general knowledge of high school graduates and the promotion of programs…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Economic Research, Economics, Educational Research
