Education, Economics, Evolution

In contemporary U. S., probably the most Capitalist society in the world, Education is generally a means to a job.  In turn, jobs serve primarily the production of Wealth, which is centralized in the few owners of the Means of Production, and then distributed to the work-force, usually proportioned on the basis of some Supply-Demand relation.  Hence, in this Capitalist system, Education is a means to Economic ends.  In contrast, in an Evolutionist Economics, that relation is inverted.  For, as has been previously discussed, Human Evolution consists in an increase in the Versatility of the species, and, hence, in general Techne, i. e. Know-How.  Thus, the Education of all is essential to Human Evolution.  Accordingly, a primary function of an Evolutionist Economic system is the promotion of Education.  On that basis, Education in contemporary U. S., even the reforms urged by Progressives, is stagnant.