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New York Times best-selling writer of The Post-American World and web host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria Gps unit argues for a renewed dedication to the world's most effective educational traditions in this attractive audiobook. The liberal arts educational system is under episode. Governors in Tx, Florida, and North Carolina have announced that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts. Majors like British and record - which were once very popular and highly well known - are in steep decrease, and Chief executive Obama has recently advised students to keep in mind that specialized training could become more valuable when compared to a degree in fine art history when deciding on an educational course. In this timely and urgently needed audiobook, Fareed Zakaria clarifies that this flip away from the liberal arts is a mistake. A liberal education supplies the basis for finding your voice, writing, speaking your mind, and ultimately learning - all hugely valuable skills no subject your occupation. Technology and globalization are making these skills even more valuable and necessary as regular mechanised and even computing tasks can be done by machines. A lot more than just a path to a job, Zakaria argues that a liberal education can be an exercise in independence, and above all it feeds the most basic craving of the human being spirit - to know.
