Are arts degrees a waste of time?

Margaret E. Ward and Norah Casey debate whether or not an arts degree is a waste of time.

Absolutely not, says Margaret E Ward. You can’t be a smart decision-maker unless you can apply critical and logical thinking

What I find consistently throughout my career is that an arts degree gives me an ability to use critical and logical thinking to solve problems. When you’re studying literature and creative writing, as I did, you’re looking at what the underlying structure of something is. It’s like being a scientist. What’s its essence? What does it mean? What’s the problem you’re trying to solve?