Finance at the Threshold in Education: Rethinking Public Policy

Financing Education

Rethinking Public Policy

Presenter: Christopher Houghton Budd (UK) Economic and Monetary Historian and Associative Economist

In any healthy society education plays a key part. The more so if it is based on a combination of teachers’ autonomy to get on with their job and to do so on a basis of clear and effective financing, all the while providing value for money. For over 100 years, this has become the province of the state, using taxpayers’ money and soaking up much disposable income. Quite apart from the 'what and how' of today’s various curriculums, how can this taxation be recycled so that teachers have autonomy, parents get the schools they choose for their children, and society is the beneficiary of an effective and equitable education?

Dr Christopher Houghton Budd is a leading exponent of Rudolf Steiner’s contribution to our understanding of modern economic life.  His books include Finance at the Threshold – Rethinking the Real and Financial Economies (2011) and Beyond Gold – Hayek, Keynes and Steiner in Concert (2024). He is known for his installations and the use of pastel-illustrated black panels to illustrate his workshops. 

This event is part of a week-long residency at the Abbotsford Convent Melbourne
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