... or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, Phillip, 1957– The global auction : the broken promises of education, ... the global auction This page intentionally left blank phillip brown, hugh lauder, and david ashton THE GLOBAL AUCTION The Broken Promises of Education, Jobs and Incomes 2011 Oxford ... universities; the explosion of knowledge via new technologies and the Internet; and an exponential increase in the global supply of high-skill, low-wage workers challenge the legitimate foundations of how...