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Their wordsLavishly funding education doesn’t cause countries to become rich; being rich causes countries to lavishly fund education.
Our reading
At the national level there is no clear evidence that more education raises living standards at all.
Their wordsAt the national level, it’s not clear that education increases living standards at all, much less that education makes countries’ living standards increase at a faster rate.
Their wordsYet common sense insists the best way to discover useful ideas is to search for useful ideas — not to search for whatever fascinates you and pray it turns out to be useful.