Prized Degree

From the Guardian -

PPE: the Oxford degree that runs Britain
Oxford University graduates in philosophy, politics, and economics make up an astonishing proportion of Britain’s elite. But has it produced an out-of-touch ruling class?
by Andy Beckett

Monday, 13 April 2015 was a typical day in modern British politics. An Oxford University graduate in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), Ed Miliband, launched the Labour party’s general election manifesto. It was examined by the BBC’s political editor, Oxford PPE graduate Nick Robinson, by the BBC’s economics editor, Oxford PPE graduate Robert Peston, and by the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Oxford PPE graduate Paul Johnson. It was criticized by the prime minister, Oxford PPE graduate David Cameron. It was defended by the Labour shadow chancellor, Oxford PPE graduate Ed Balls.

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More than any other course at any other university, more than any revered or resented private school, and in a manner probably unmatched in any other democracy, Oxford PPE pervades British political life. From the right to the left, from the centre ground to the fringes, from analysts to protagonists, consensus-seekers to revolutionary activists, environmentalists to ultra-capitalists, statists to libertarians, elitists to populists, bureaucrats to spin doctors, bullies to charmers, successive networks of PPEists have been at work at all levels of British politics – sometimes prominently, sometimes more quietly – since the degree was established 97 years ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university-degree-that-rules-britain