Economists raise questions about educational priorities.
The Republicans are setting the antediluvian tone with a tax-cut proposal and a new budget that almost completely ignore vast changes in American life the last 25 years. But the Democratic response is almost as unenlightened. It is as if we are being led by a bunch of 19th-century lawmakers. The benefits and durability of the new economy were inevitably exaggerated. But if the potency of the new economy is in question, the changes in the way Americans live are undeniable.