Sunday, February 20, 2011

Education, Hayek and Keynes Comparison


             John Maynard Keynes, was a British Economist that after the major economic down turn if the Second World War, composed economic ideas that would involve a more so involved government. He believed that in order to make an economy work the government needed to be involved. On the other side of the spectrum is Friedrich Hayek, a economist that based his theories on previous examples of failed economies like Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. His concepts stated that those were two economies that were heavily government controlled and took away the freedom of the people. He states that you can't plan human society and the natural evolutionary wisdom from a free society is best.  Now to decide which one is related to the education system of Alberta.
             I believe that the Keynes system is the one that best describes Alberta's public education program. Public Education in Alberta is a program that is more so government involved.  The majority of our fees are payed by the government, our teachers are also payed by the government. Although our system is mostly Keynes there are aspects that go support Hayek as well. For ins-tense we pay taxes that go towards our provinces education. Also if you go to a private school it is not government involved. 
             So although our Education system has a few points that support Hayek it is much more so a Keynes based system. 

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