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Touched by the invisible hand?
Author(s) -
BOWERS TONY
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1995.tb00023.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , government (linguistics) , invisible hand , work (physics) , economics , sociology , political economy , market economy , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , ecology , linguistics , biology
Tony Bowers examines the effect of market forces and challenges the government's assumption that that which is most needed will flourish and that which isn't will simply wither away. He takes us throught the principles of the market economy and the impact this will have on special needs. Competition, he asserts, is largely fuelled by ‘greed and fear’ and is encouraging an increase in avaricious behaviour among some educationists. He concludes the market can never work effectively in this area.