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Peer reviewedRicker, Eric W. – Journal of Educational Thought, 1980
Until the 1950s, Canadian economists demonstrated little concern about the relationship between education and society's economic performance. In the 1960s, the neoclassical school became preoccupied with education's investment potential and, with the Keynsians, formed a consensus on greatly increased expenditures. In the 1970s, this judgment was…
Descriptors: Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
