The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek
Posted in Education, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Sep 13th, 2007
Inside Higher Education reports today on a new study by the College Board which talks about all of the non-pecuniary benefits of attending college. This should be celebrated, right? Well, not if you care to protect your pocketbook. It doesn’t require a reading between the lines to understand that when the report says that there […]
Posted in Education, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Sep 12th, 2007
In an effort to keep some of its top talent and attract others, the University of California at Berkeley announced this week that the largest private gift in its history - a $113 million grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - will go toward creating 100 endowed chairs. Through a matching program, the […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, Extended Order on Sep 10th, 2007
Respond to them. It gets tiring being preached to, and since these mails are usually sent by folks who are usually jazzed up about things, they might actually read what you wrote. Here is how I responded to a letter asking me to boycott Starbucks for apparently telling some troops in Iraq that they, as […]
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