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Comments (2)
In their book, "The Monster Under the Bed," authors Stan Davis and Jim Botkin argue that business will increasingly be responsible for the education of our citizens--and that they really have to because the public education sector is failing its citizenry so badly.
While it's an intriguing idea, and one that we promoted when I worked for a business seminar and training company back in the 80s and 90s, there's a potential dark side. And the dark sided has been promoted tirelessly by the far right in their efforts to gut public education and replace it with private education.
My biggest concern in all of these "happy talk" promotions from multinational corporations is that they might be nothing more than thinly-veiled attempts to destroy public efforts. At the very least they're creating legions of "fans" who are purchasers of their products.
There's nothing wrong with business, and I applaud the efforts that Nooyi describes. At the same time I think that these kinds of intrusions into what has been a traditionally public, not-for-profit sphere certainly bear careful watching.
The "Let business alleviate poverty" approach is a bit too much like the "Let insurance companies provide for your access to health care." What are the real, and possibly hidden, costs to these approaches?
Posted by Will Corsair
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September 15, 2009 1:22 PM
Posted on September 15, 2009 13:22
To frame the issue in another way, "What are the potential unintended consequences of these kinds of efforts?"
Posted by Will Corsair
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September 15, 2009 1:27 PM
Posted on September 15, 2009 13:27