New lines are being drawnbetween where individual agency should matter and where itshouldn’t, so the dichotomy must now be understood in an evenbroader way than the ancient debate about the role of government.

economist Milton Friedman, and especially in hisideas on education. Back in 1955 Friedman had turned his attention to educationand written The Role of Government in Education. Education intrigued himbecause of its strange and, for the market model, rather irritating position in themarketplace. It didn’t quite fit into a neat demand-and-supply framework withchoice at the centre.