"Last month, a philosophy major from the University of Dallas carried
his diploma straight from academia to a job in investment banking. He
got this job not despite his degree, but because of it. A firm that
manages trillions of dollars in assets contacted UD's career office
seeking a liberal arts major.
"During the Republican presidential debates in 2015, Marco Rubio told America
that 'we need more welders and less philosophers.' But if that's so,
why would a major investment bank view a degree in the liberal arts, and
in philosophy in particular, as an asset rather than a liability?"
In a recent commentary, writers
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