Conference Paper
American leadership in the human capital century: have the virtues of the past become the vices of the present?
Abstract: America led other nations by a wide margin in the provision of general, formal education to the masses and did so because of characteristics -virtues -that were shaped by New World endowments and republican ideology. Almost all of these virtues are now being questioned, and in the twenty-first century an entirely new set of virtues could emerge.
Keywords: Education;
Status: Published in Education in the 21st century: meeting the challenges of a changing world
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Part of Series: Conference Series ; [Proceedings]
Publication Date: 2002
Volume: 47
Issue: Jun
Pages: 25-35