讲到经济衰退也有它好的一面,比如,很多本来打算辍学去打工的孩子可能因为就业不景气,迫不得以回到学校来读书。文中还引用30年代大萧条时的数据来证实作者的观点:“In the manufacturing-heavy mid-Atlantic states, the high school graduation rate was just above 20 percent in the late 1920s. By 1940, it was almost 60 percent. These graduates then became the skilled workers and teachers who helped build the great post-World War II American economy.”
这倒让我想到了中国现在沿海打工的孩子们也面临同样的困境。政府何不把拉动经济的一部分钱用在鼓励这些孩子重返教育上,不管是重返普通教育,还是职业培训,可能这笔投入的产出要比投在基础设施上高。再者,我们的基础设施投入不少了,教育的投入,尤其是对打工孩子们的教育投入却相对较少。从边际效率的角度分析,也应该是教育的投入回报大。另外,如前文所言,“Which is why the third factor — education — is the most important of all. It can make the pie larger and divide it more evenly.”。
这么多好处,教育就是经济长期健康有利地发展的灵丹妙药,不抓住现在的时机,还等何时?!
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