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# *The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money*

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Date and Time 

January 31, 2018 4 - 5:30 PM EST 

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Hayek Auditorium, Cato Institute 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring the author **Bryan Caplan**, Professor of Economics, George Mason University; with comments by **Kevin Carey**, Director, Education Policy Program, New America; moderated by **Neal McCluskey**, Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute. 

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Education is *important*, and the more of it you and everyone else get, the better. More years in school, more college degrees, means a better economy, country, and world for everyone. Right? Wrong, argues Bryan Caplan in a brand new book that challenges almost all the understandable, powerful—but perhaps ultimately damaging—assumptions people make about education. We hope you’ll join us for a lively debate about this assault on education orthodoxy, and the premiere of this new book.

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