"facts"

[Michael Shigorin]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:57:41PM +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> >>Consider that it is a known fact that education brings wealth.
> >I don't buy "known facts".
> Simple. In Australia people with a University degree on average
> earn about %50 more than those without.

I guess established countries are quite different from evolving
ones.  I'm not aware of (and lazy to come up with) marginally
reliable statistics on at least a few countries of these types 
so "guess".

> Even in former Soviet republics, those who have a better
> education are doing better now.

Pulease, Sasha, don't tell me what's happening around me.
Especially when there are no reliable stats on *real* incomes.

Simply put, it's not that easy.

And the quality of education seems much less relevant here than
the quality of people -- those who want to live and who *do* live
and not just exist.

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