Usually the web offering from TCS sets my teeth on edge. I take their weekly newsletter to keep in touch with what the other side is saying. Written from an extremely liberal (as in economically liberal) and largely conservative US-centred point of view, the columns tend to promote markets and liberal democracy as the best, God-ordained, and irrefutable way to human flourishing. Their argument is almost always well-formed and well-researched, unlike some of the other rants one comes across so frequently. There are some dark places where even adults should not go!

This week, however, I found myself largely in agreement with what TCS are saying about some of the barriers to education and to career paths for young people. Do we over-credentialise education and thereby exclude young people from opportunities that might otherwise be available. Perhaps, in the West, this is the case. The author asks whether we really need four-year degree courses for people to get into auto-maintenance. Maybe for some, but for all?

Anyway, read the whole story here, and if you are brave enough and need to feel a little righteous anger now and again, subscribe to the TCS newsletter. You will survive the experience and you will not be expected to worship at the altars of either Friedmann or Kaplan. Go boldly!