Why has the idea of a ministry of education become obsolete? Which are the things that a minister of the area will never be able to solve again?
Some elements become obsolete, as happened with the razor blade or with the video tape player. Some other businesses also become unnecessary, for example a cybercafé and nowadays even fixed landline phones. The same happens with some institutions that seem to become outdated, and lose their meaning with the passing of time, as happened with the organism in charge of controlling commerce between Spain and its American colonies during the reign of the Habsburgs first and then of the Bourbons. If we permit ourselves to doubt the future existence of the radio or of the paper newspaper such as we know them at today, how can we not ask ourselves if in our country, the Ministry of Education continues to be essential for organizing and/or supervising the evolution of the educational system, and regulate and control initiatives dedicated to providing formal education and promoting learning?
Doctor and Master in Economics from the ESEADE University Institute. Master in Business Administration from CEMA University. National Public Accountant from the National University of Rosario (UNR). Tenured professor of Undergraduate and degrees at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA Rosario). Having already served more than 25 years in specialized journalism, he currently conducts his daily radio program “El Regreso” (Return) on Fisherton CNN -now CNN Radio Rosario-, and participates weekly as economic columnist for a television program broadcast by Cablevisión. Since 1992 he is Founding Partner of “Castro y Fernández”, a consulting firm specialized in advising and reengineering business companies. He was a Founding Member of the Tax Studies Forum and a Member of the Society of Ethical Studies of Rosario. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and the Adam Smith Society. He is Visiting Professor at the Francisco Marroquín University of Guatemala in its Public Choice Chair, and Guest Professor at the Institutions Chair of the Master in Economics at the OMMA Center for Higher Studies (Madrid, Spain). He is a Professor at Cato University and Director and participant of the Liberty Fund Colloquia.