My work for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal brings me into contact with many books relating to higher education. Some are good and some are bad, but…
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Economy
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In The Constitution of Liberty, F. A. Hayek writes, “Man learns by the disappointment of expectations.” Some of us, Hayek could have added, resist learning. Despite having their expectations constantly…
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Liberty lovers rightfully disdain violence, condoning it only when committed in self-defense, after violation of the non-aggression principle. The strategy finds empirical grounding in the success of employing tit-for-tat in…
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After decades of advocating free trade, a growing share of Republicans want to return the party to the protectionism that once defined it. This sensibility, popularized by former President Donald…
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased for the third straight month, interrupting the downward trend seen over the previous year. Recent inflation has been a heavy burden for most Americans.…
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The concept of Critical Race Theory (CRT) has sparked heated debate in recent years, particularly after conservative activists singled out this school of thought as a hotbed of applied Marxism…
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Greg Ip, chief economics commentator at the Wall Street Journal, recently wrote an interesting column about government budget deficits and interest rates. Ip’s key claim, which I think is correct,…
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(This piece is part two of a three-part series on Mound Bayou. Begin with the first, here.) Although the black-controlled town of Mound Bayou had always punched well above its…
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A quarter century ago, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), representing independent bookstores’ diminishing ranks, sued large book chains Barnes & Noble and Borders. The suit claimed that the large-volume discounts…
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It has been devilishly difficult to remove regulatory barriers to new housing, in spite of the growing support and activism of the Yes in My Back Yard (YIMBY) movement. Well-publicized…