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lsc on July 23, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: What explains the growing gap in wages? Computers.

higher education in the US is heavily subsidised. The meagre fees that the lower colleges charge are waived if you are poor, and at that point all you need to cover is food/books/rent.

rw on July 23, 2008 [–]

I mean more subsidization, so that changing careers is a real option for most people.

icey on July 23, 2008 | [–]

I don't think that the problem with changing careers has to do so much with paying for college as it does with paying your bills while you change careers.

rw on July 24, 2008 | | [–]

Can be construed as the same thing.

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