"Focusing on the era from the New Deal through the present, this book tells the story of how politicians, intellectuals, and other leaders in the United States emphasized investment in education through human capital at the expense of broader social democratic policies such as a jobs guarantee, union rights, and a robust social safety net"-- The Education Myth questions the idea that education represents the best, if not the only, way for Americans...

Discusses the essential actions the federal government needs to take in order to manage its most important asset--human capital.