On the other hand, it’s hard to believe that American manufacturing has a chance of recovering unless business schools start producing people who can run industrial companies, not just buy and sell their assets. And we’re pretty far away from that point today.

Great piece from The New Republic on the failings of business schools to adequately prepare young people for the problems requiring critical thinking skills and talents beyond financial theory facing our country.

Yet again, we need more liberal arts majors and fewer business econ majors to get ourselves out of this economic/leadership mess.