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Entry: The Great Education Bubble Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_great_education_bubble#26108 Post contents: I enjoyed reading the article; however, I believe the author's emphasis on blue collar jobs as a means to upward mobility failed to consider a) the impact of legal and illegal immigration on wages in service and construction jobs, and b) the inadequacy of public education in many metropolitan areas. Massive immigation since LBJ's "Great Society" in the 1960's have kept an artificial lid on wage inflation in many blue collar or service sectors. Even if this were not the case, many students likely need post-secondary education to fill the wide gaps in basic knowledged missed by our public education system. Sent at: 2008 08 30