I love this portrayal of these ideas through dialogue, great job.
Piggybacking the dialogue, I have a question about Caplan’s theories, as I am not familiar with them:
In Israel, it is considered well-known that the immigration waves from the former soviet union brought about a highly skilled and educated (especially in STEM) population, who’s effects on the Israeli industry are positive regardless of the specific job they chose. How does Caplan account for the tangible differences in outcomes between various education systems?
I think there was a misunderstanding, I was asking about the positive effect of former soviet union educated immigrants inside Israel, meaning compared to other jewish (most of them Ashkenazi) Israelis. The question of innate IQ is less relevant here.
It was only an example though—what I’m trying to understand is does Caplan discuss the effects of better and worse education systems, or does he mainly argue that all of them are over-budgeted?
I love this portrayal of these ideas through dialogue, great job.
Piggybacking the dialogue, I have a question about Caplan’s theories, as I am not familiar with them:
In Israel, it is considered well-known that the immigration waves from the former soviet union brought about a highly skilled and educated (especially in STEM) population, who’s effects on the Israeli industry are positive regardless of the specific job they chose. How does Caplan account for the tangible differences in outcomes between various education systems?
The general explanation for Ashkenazi Jewish success is high IQ and not education.
I think there was a misunderstanding, I was asking about the positive effect of former soviet union educated immigrants inside Israel, meaning compared to other jewish (most of them Ashkenazi) Israelis. The question of innate IQ is less relevant here.
It was only an example though—what I’m trying to understand is does Caplan discuss the effects of better and worse education systems, or does he mainly argue that all of them are over-budgeted?