The global auction : the broken promises of education, jobs, and incomes / [electronic resource] Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, and David Ashton. Brown, Phillip, 1957- Lauder, Hugh, 1948- Ashton, D. N. Social mobility United States. Educational attainment United States. Labor market United States. American Dream. HN90.S65 B77 2011 331.70086220973 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. For decades, the idea that more education will lead to greater individual and national prosperity has been a cornerstone of developed economies. Challenging this conventional wisdom, 'The Global Auction' forces us to reconsider our deeply held and mistaken views about how the global economy really works and how to thrive in it. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (viii, 198 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731688.001.0001 eng United States. United States. United States.