The Human Capital Century and American Leadership: Virtues of the Past / Claudia Goldin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldin, Claudia.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w8239.

NBER working paper series no. w8239

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

The Human Capital Century and American Leadership

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2001.

Summary:

The modern concept of the wealth of nations emerged by the early twentieth century. Capital embodied in people human capital mattered. The United States led all nations in mass postelementary education during the human-capital century.' The American system of education was shaped by New World endowments and Republican ideology and was characterized by virtues including publicly funded mass education that was open and forgiving, academic yet practical, secular, gender neutral, and funded and controlled by small districts. The American educational template was a remarkable success, but recent educational concerns and policy have redefined some of its 'virtues' as 'vices.'

Notes:

Print version record

April 2001.