“With respect to teachers' salaries …. Poor teachers are grossly overpaid and good teachers grossly underpaid. Salary schedules tend to be uniform and determined far more by seniority.”

Source: Capitalism and Freedom (1962), Ch. 6 The Role of Government in Education, p. 95

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