The Price We Pay: Economic and Social Consequences of Inadequate Education
Clive R. Belfieldis assistant professor of economics at Queens College of the City University of New York. His books includePrivatizing Educational Choice: Consequences for Parents, Schools, and Public Policy, written with Henry M. Levin (Paradigm, 2005), andEconomic Principles for Education: Theory and Evidence(Edward Elgar, 2000).Henry M. Levinis William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education and director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books, includingCost-Effectiveness Analysis: Methods and Applications, 2d ed., coauthored with Patrick J. McEwan (Sage, 2001), andPrivatizing Education: Can the Marketplace Deliver Choice, Efficiency, Equality, and Social Cohesion?(Westview, 2001).