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Daily Archive for May 3rd, 2010

Fun Facts to Know and Tell

This one via Jeff Miron: The U.S. government’s massive share of the nation’s mortgage market grew even larger during the first quarter. Government-related entities backed 96.5% of all home loans during the first quarter, up from 90% in 2009, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. The increase was driven by a jump in the share of […]

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You might think that I, as an academic, support the idea of academic freedom. In fact I do not. I also do not like the idea of tenure – particularly if such an institution was not something that has been individually bargained for. For the sake of my readers, I walked away from a tenure […]

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