Talk:Human capital/Archives/2014

Removal of standard HR source

The following source has been removed from the list of external links without explanation: [1], also here. The document is Voinovich's 2002 "Report to the President: The Crisis in Human Capital". The original government website document, that directly opens the PDF document is http://www.google[DOT]com.vn/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hsgac.senate.gov%2Fdownload%2Freport-to-the-president-on-the-crisis-in-human-capital-sen-voinovich&ei=mLi2UqeNNOiwiQeSoIHYCg&usg=AFQjCNGOA0v0Hg8tY1655cPM_qp9WEr3SA&sig2=-k1hbf687K5Tpono-cRQjw&bvm=bv.58187178,d.aGc . (The [DOT] has been inserted since WP will not allow a google search page to be saved.) Thank you. I will not be watchlisting this page. Regards, —Neotarf (talk) 14:28, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

The document is fairly typical political bluster. Whatever helpful information in it is obscured by the posturing and poor organization. If the document is worth linking, let's find a source that demonstrates that it is indeed important and provides a concise and clear summary of what is in the document. Some historical context would be helpful too. --Ronz (talk) 16:15, 28 December 2013 (UTC)

I don't see a Wikiproject for public administration, but there is one for United States Public Policy. Perhaps they would be able to help you. Regards, —Neotarf (talk) 17:17, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Marxist analysis

As interesting as this section is, it still amounts to original research. While Marx may have made such claims, one still can't cite him. And the point about human capital being similar to the concept of labour-power is not really drawn out. According to the labour theory of value, the value of a commodity (say, even labour-power if you agree it is just like any other reproducable commodity which Sraffians don't for example) is determined more or less by the amount of socially necessary labour-time required for its production (this obviously doesn't apply to a small number of commodities like rare wine or coins). Then human capital in the form of education is the socially necessary labour-time being accumulated by and invested in the commodity labour-power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.68.252 (talk) 21:16, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Cognitive Ability/ Capacity

Shouldn't "cognitive ability" be changed to "cognitive capacity" since ability is more often used as a learned skill? Capacity, on the other hand, designates an inborn ability or potential to develop into an ability. Especially in the "Competence and capital" section, where it mentions "intelligence". Dwellee (talk) 15:26, 21 September 2014 (UTC)