<p>Yes, because the Gosplan Congress is omniscient and can dictate the needs of the US’ labour market! Seeing as whatever they touch turns to cow pie, this will not end well. I can picture that half-Keynan windbag campaigning that ‘yes we can…make sure every non-feathered biped has a diploma’. </p>
<p>This reeks of central planning and economic fallacy. If one is seeking a more educated workforce, deregulate the education sector, abolish the Department of Education as Reagan advocated, and stop subsidising a 19th century education system. The cost of production for education is not high by any means, but the cartel known as the Association of Schools and Colleges makes it so.</p>