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It's not a majority view among economists. Caplan is the only person I can think of who holds this view.



Caplan is definitely not the only economist who holds this view. Most place the signaling/human capital split around 50/50: https://www.econlib.org/archives/2011/11/kauffman_econ_b.htm...




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