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Entry: The Great Education Bubble Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_great_education_bubble#26168 Post contents: Ryan, It is certainly true that many supposedly white collar workers are actually performing work that is equivalent to an assembly line factory function. And if you are saying that a college degree with its attendant debt is actually more harmful than helpful in these cases, your point is a very good one. But I think you will see after you've been out of college for a few years that there are a lot of people that get hired into positions that require a college education and then basically just hang around until the next recession forces the managers to contemplate an unpleasant round of firings. While this is a major inefficiency in the economy, there is one benefit of this system that goes to the workers who do prove productive. With the bar set so low, productive workers can find time during the day to devote to unproductive (to the company at least) personal pursuits, such as for instance, posting comments on blogs. Sent at: 2008 07 04