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State Education In The Nineteenth Century: Demanded Or Imposed?

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This article challenges the popular perception that the free market was unable to supply education to meet the needs of nineteenth‐century Britain. Provision of education in fact largely accorded with parental demand, and this level of voluntary consumption was optimal for the time. Government intervention could therefore be ineffective at best, if not actively harmful.

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  • Kate McNally, 2010. "State Education In The Nineteenth Century: Demanded Or Imposed?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(1), pages 43-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:30:y:2010:i:1:p:43-47
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01972.x
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