1. Introduction: How can we Make Sense of the Influence of Economics in Education? 2. Economics: Introducing key concepts and economics education 3. Elementary Education and Child Labour: From economic to ecological histories of modern childhood 4. Authority and Trust beyond Neoliberalism: A critical reflection on education as useful for the economy 5. Illusions of 'Choice' in Education: Shaping the neoliberal subject in the United Kingdom 6. An Exploration of Human Capital Theory and its Impact on the World of Education 7. Inequalities, Precariousness and Education: Schooling precarious workers 8. The Economics of the University: Knowledge, the market and the state 9. Education as a practice of freedom: negotiating knowledges at a Pakistani women's organisation 10. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Criticality in Uncertain Times
Jessie A. Bustillos Morales is a senior lecturer in Education Studies and course leader of Education and Social Policy at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Sandra Abegglen is a researcher at the University of Calgary, Canada.
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