# The economic case for preschool

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMiamiUniversity
- Speaker: Timothy Bartik
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/timothy_bartik_the_economic_case_for_preschool)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this well-argued talk, Timothy Bartik makes the macro-economic case for preschool education -- and explains why you should be happy to invest in it, even if you don't have kids that age (or kids at all). The economic benefits of well-educated kids, it turns out, go well beyond the altruistic.

## Lectures

1. [The economic case for preschool](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/timothy_bartik_the_economic_case_for_preschool/3affab0b2b52), 16 min (TED's player)