{"id":7331,"date":"2022-10-12T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7331"},"modified":"2022-10-12T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:25:23","slug":"elite-overproduction-hypothesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7331","title":{"rendered":"Elite Overproduction Hypothesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did we produce too many frustrated college grads in the early 2000&#8217;s? It&#8217;s a really interesting question. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/noahpinion.substack.com\/p\/the-elite-overproduction-hypothesis\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/noahpinion.substack.com\/p\/the-elite-overproduction-hypothesis\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Smith plots the changes in college major enrollments<\/a> and finds some interesting patterns &#8211; and some even more interesting potential fallout that include patterns with socialist revolutions. Something we&#8217;re seeing <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/portland\/red-house-stalemate-neighbors-complain-of-guns-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">here in Portland<\/a>. When people are promised entry into the top 20% of culture via a degree, the disappointment of unmet expectations alone can lead to serious violent outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"439\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7333\" data-id=\"7333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/10\/Fa5AEAhXkAA5uOH.jpg?resize=640%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/10\/Fa5AEAhXkAA5uOH.jpg?w=1062&amp;ssl=1 1062w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/10\/Fa4YdusWQAA15tW.jpg?resize=1536%2C1033&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/10\/Fa4YdusWQAA15tW.jpg?resize=401%2C270&amp;ssl=1 401w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/10\/Fa4YdusWQAA15tW.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/08\/the-humanities-face-a-crisisof-confidence\/567565\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/08\/the-humanities-face-a-crisisof-confidence\/567565\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic also did similar analysis<\/a>, but argues that just because grads are seeking degrees in fields they think will bring them better financial outcomes doesn&#8217;t mean it will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did we produce too many frustrated college grads in the early 2000&#8217;s? It&#8217;s a really interesting question. Noah Smith plots the changes in college major enrollments and finds some interesting patterns &#8211; and some even more interesting potential fallout that include patterns with socialist revolutions. Something we&#8217;re seeing here in Portland. When people are promised entry into the top 20% of culture via a degree, the disappointment of unmet expectations alone can lead to serious violent outcomes. The Atlantic also&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7331\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-1Uf","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7338,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7331\/revisions\/7338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}