"The fundamental libertarian error here is to treat the individual rather than the family as the benefit recipient."
This is by no means unique to libertarians. Our entire society is structured around the individual, which is really weird considering that the first, most important, job of literally every human society is to produce and raise the next generation. Seems like successful societies would encourage family formation instead of maximal individual autonomy at all costs.
This is a problem that cultural Darwinism will take care of. But that's a bad solution, at least for us.
“‘companies have a “jarring” skepticism of higher ed thanks to a new generation of degree holders who lack key skills like handling uncertainty, compromising, and absorbing feedback’ . . . .”
This is most likely not higher ed’s problem. It’s likely a problem of the let’s-sculpt-kids-into-grade-and-credential-seekers industry, which is the environment in which the children our new aristocracy of meritocrats grow up.
If the ploys used by the hedge funds, etc are legal or gray area stuff, the fault lies with Congress and/or the people at Treasury that write the regulations. Probably gray area stuff as vagueness is endemic in that world. So do the reviews, rewrite the regulations or statutes and perhaps fire some Treasury employees. Hedge funds are a plague but it is government that created the opportunity.
"The fundamental libertarian error here is to treat the individual rather than the family as the benefit recipient."
This is by no means unique to libertarians. Our entire society is structured around the individual, which is really weird considering that the first, most important, job of literally every human society is to produce and raise the next generation. Seems like successful societies would encourage family formation instead of maximal individual autonomy at all costs.
This is a problem that cultural Darwinism will take care of. But that's a bad solution, at least for us.
Some legacy programs like Social Security are built around the family as it existed in 1935. This leads to a massive subsidy of women by men.
“‘companies have a “jarring” skepticism of higher ed thanks to a new generation of degree holders who lack key skills like handling uncertainty, compromising, and absorbing feedback’ . . . .”
This is most likely not higher ed’s problem. It’s likely a problem of the let’s-sculpt-kids-into-grade-and-credential-seekers industry, which is the environment in which the children our new aristocracy of meritocrats grow up.
If the ploys used by the hedge funds, etc are legal or gray area stuff, the fault lies with Congress and/or the people at Treasury that write the regulations. Probably gray area stuff as vagueness is endemic in that world. So do the reviews, rewrite the regulations or statutes and perhaps fire some Treasury employees. Hedge funds are a plague but it is government that created the opportunity.