Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Taking the long view: Budgeting for investments in human capital (Beth Akers, Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings)

Tomorrow, President Obama unveils his last budget, and we’re sure to see plenty of proposals for spending on education and skills. In the past, the Administration has focused on investments in early childhood education, community colleges, and infrastructure and research. From a budgetary standpoint, the problem with these investments is how to capture their benefits as well as their costs.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2016/02/08-budgeting-investments-human-capital-akers-sawhill

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