The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible - Bastiat Institute

? We don’t want no
education, we don’t
want no thought
control, teacher leave
them kids alone.
Pink Floyd
Chapter 27 • According to Need
Remarks
These chapters about the educational system
are frequently ranked among the students’
favourites!
References
One of the best books on the history of education
in America is Sheldon Richman’s Separating
School and State. It reveals the ulterior motive
behind the adoption of compulsory government
schools.
In the classic novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn
Rand tells the story of the Twentieth Century
Motor Company, and of what happens when
it tries to apply the principle, “From each
according to ability, to each according to need!”,
to the payment of workers. Rand’s philosophy
of Objectivism asserts that each individual has
the right to pursue his or her own dreams. This
pursuit of personal interest improves the lives of
everyone in the market.
Mary Ruwart shows how the poor can be
educated in Healing Our World in an Age of
Aggression.
In South Africa – The Solution, Nobel prize
nominees Leon Louw and Frances Kendall
put forward the idea of a voucher system for
education.
Doug Thorburn’s book, Drunks, Drugs
& Debits: How to Recognize Addicts and
Avoid Financial Abuse, deals with personal
responsibility. It reveals the folly of sacrifi cing
responsible personal behaviour to irresponsible
personal behaviour.
Shogun’s Ghost: The Dark Side of Japanese
Education, by Ken Schoolland, focuses on
education as does his article: http://www.jonathan
gullible.com/Shogunize.
For education and child policy see: http://
www.cato.org/research/#domestic-issues.
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