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Posted in Government Gone Wild on Nov 4th, 2009
This is what now counts for success in a government program. “The value that the customer got for a lot of these vehicles was just a gift, no question,” said Scott Pundt, sales vice president for the Dorschel Group of Rochester, N.Y., the No. 4 dealership in the U.S. with 592 vehicles sold under the […]
Posted in Education on Nov 4th, 2009
Name another “social program” that has even come close to success in doing it. In what should be “man bites dog” story … One of the most encouraging findings by Mr. Winters is how charter competition reduces the black-white achievement gap. He found that the worst-performing public school students, who tend to be low-income minorities, […]
Posted in Economic Illiteracy, ethical foundations, Price Controls, You Can't Have it Both Ways on Nov 4th, 2009
The economic reasoning behind why rules like the minimum wage or living wage laws are not so helpful is irrefutably solid. But no amount of sound economic thinking seems to work for my students, and that certainly also applies to popular notions of the way the world works. In times like those, perhaps it is […]
