6 Responses to The Monopoly is Over

1. Don says:

   August 18, 2013 at 11:46 pm

   Actually this probably means that “connections” will be even more important.

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   • epiminondas says:

     August 19, 2013 at 12:36 pm

     It means a scramble for the best colleges will be even more intense. It also means that affirmative action is going to be even more controversial.

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2. ironrailsironweights says:

   August 20, 2013 at 2:09 am

   Unless and until employers regard online degrees the same way as traditional degrees it means very little.

   Peter

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3. Janon says:

   August 22, 2013 at 1:42 am

   The problem is that it dynamites the barriers not just for U.S. citizens but for people overseas, and that would promote more labor arbitrage. If degrees by MOOC’s pan out, and they might not (e.g. for the reason Peter stated), it is the broad American middle class, not just displaced Ivory Tower academics, who could suffer. We may all get to experience living in the third world firsthand here at home.

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   • epiminondas says:

     August 22, 2013 at 12:50 pm

     That’s more a function of our non-existent immigration laws. The way things are going, we’ll all be living under third world conditions in another two generations.

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     • Janon says:

       August 22, 2013 at 8:01 pm

       If you’re right, we’re lucky we’ll both be dead. I also can’t think of a better reason not to have any kids. Who would wish that future on them?

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