{"product_id":"2026200016906-secondhand-education-and-jobs-the-great-training-robbery","title":"Education And Jobs: The Great Training Robbery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if the relentless expansion of educational credentialism has been one of the greatest cons ever perpetrated on the modern workforce? In Education and Jobs: The Great Training Robbery, sociologist Ivar Berg mounts a devastating empirical challenge to the assumption that more education automatically translates into greater productivity, higher job performance, or meaningful economic advancement for workers — arguing instead that credential inflation serves institutional and managerial interests far more than it serves the individuals compelled to obtain those credentials.\n\nBerg's work, a landmark of critical sociology and labour economics, marshals rigorous research data to dismantle the post-war orthodoxy that equated educational attainment with human capital development. Written with the cool authority of a scholar who has done the hard empirical work, the book exposes the gap between what employers demand on paper and what jobs actually require in practice — a gap that has only widened in the decades since publication. For anyone who has ever questioned why a degree is required for a role that didn't need one a generation ago, Berg's analysis remains as urgent and unsettling as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269346468059,"sku":"2026200016906-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d4be508a-5d3e-45b0-8784-f16081c91992.png?v=1788998990","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016906-secondhand-education-and-jobs-the-great-training-robbery","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}