The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education … reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of … education depends on political as well as market mechanisms to resolve issues that arise because of contrasting views on such …

inequality and that it increases poverty. Here Guillermo De la Hesa, Chairman of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR … globalization actually stands to reduce the levels of poverty and inequality worldwide. He poses the question as to whether …