But to say that education is your growth strategy means that you are giving up on everyone who has already gone through the school system – most people over 18, and almost all over 25. It is a strategy that ignores the potential that is in 100% of today’s labor force, 98% of next year’s, and a huge number of people who will be around for the next half-century.
不要误会，教育确有提高生产率之功效。但说教育是本国的增长战略却意味着放弃了离开学校的全部劳动力——18岁以上的人多数均已离校，而25岁以上的几乎全部离校。如此的战略无视今天100%劳动力的潜力，明年98%，以及今后半个世纪仍有劳动能力的数量巨大的民众。唯教育战略注定让所有人都遗憾自己出生太早。