Investing in students

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Thomas Sowell on the subject: Why does college cost so much? There are two basic reasons. The first is that people will pay what the colleges charge. The second is that there is little incentive for colleges to reduce the tuition they charge. ... [An alternative to funding college education for the ...

What warrants explaining: equality or inequality?

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Follow up to: Thomas Sowell on income inequality Today Yahoo News reported the this Live Science article: Conservatives Happier Than Liberals Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities. Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life ...

Thomas Sowell on income inequality

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Arnold Kling (Swarthmore '75) has recommended a podcast by George Mason University Economics Professor Russ Roberts about basic economics. Kling writes that If you had just one hour to learn essential, basic economics, listening to this talk would be the way to do it. The core topic is the reasons ...