An excellent talk from the author of *Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Eliter & The Way to a Meaningful Life*. The book is based on an article that appeared in the [*American Scholar*](http://theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/#.VGDYg4elgdI) in 2008. The article and book is a wake-up call for all those that have embraced a neo-liberal view of education.
The following is a talk Dr. Deresiewicz gave at Stanford’s McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society:
A Foolish Consistency 