Ep. 671: Bryan Caplan Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

My guest today is Bryan Caplan, an economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and blogger for EconLog. Bryan has written several books–his newest being "The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money." His main goal for the book is for people to forget education propaganda, look at what is right in front of them and examine what they have learned first hand. The topic is his book The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Affirmative action Equality without losing quality College vs. no college Problem solving vs. memorization Inert learning Integrating more play in schools Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!