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Even Karl Marx didn’t fall for the ‘free’ university fallacy
Why should taxpayers who, on average, don’t enjoy the increased income which typically flows from tertiary education, pay for others who do?
Richard HoldenEconomics professorAs university systems around the world move to adopt Australia’s path-breaking, income-contingent loan system, the Greens and others want to wind the clock back to the 1970s.
This discussion has become louder ahead of the upcoming interim report from the Universities Accord Panel, which is considering the entire architecture of our higher education system including funding arrangements.
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