How much math do we really need?

By G.V. Ramanathan professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"Unfortunately, the marketing of math has become similar to the marketing of creams to whiten teeth, gels to grow hair and regimens to build a beautiful body. ... We survived the "New Math" of the 1960s. We will probably survive this math evangelism as well -- thanks to the irrelevance of pedagogical innovation."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102205451.html