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June 18, 2024
A Unified Theory of Education
…can too readily unravel the informal ties among people that develop organically through private cooperation and community endeavors. None of this presumes malice or malfeasance; it’s just that government programs…
June 10, 2024
The Economic World We’ve Lost
…more damage, especially if he were to pull the US out of NATO. More than just defense is at stake. International security alliances and global economic cooperation foster peace and…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
…than when they started. Research conducted by Preston Cooper, an economist and friend, shows that a large number of programs of study are not “paying off” for graduates. Surveying nearly 30,000 bachelor…
December 19, 2023
Sins of Omission: Public Broadcasting Fails to Reach a Broad Cross-Section of America
…the nation’s most important sources of charitable work. What are they doing, and why? I think here of Prestonwood Baptist Church, a Dallas megachurch with 40,000 members. It supports a program for…
December 18, 2023
The State of Democratic Capitalism: 2023
…on politics erodes. And the larger the role of the state in economic affairs, the smaller the role for voluntary cooperation among society as a whole. The voluntary nature of…
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…taxpayer loan) or dropping out of college. As economist Preston Cooper has noted, “Given that 38 percent of students do not finish college and 54 percent of those that finish received Pell Grants,”…
November 27, 2023
How AI with “Theory of Mind” Could Help in the Workplace
…worker-training value. But advanced ToM technology might open up a whole new range of opportunities—from reading social situations and facial expressions to signaling our own intentions and cooperating with others—for workers who,…
June 23, 2023
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…on SNAP-eligible foods, which could also influence other consumers. Finally, the USDA could also simplify the process for becoming a SNAP-retailer for producers of “green” foods, including local farming cooperatives,…
January 3, 2022
Dynamism as a Public Philosophy
…workers. Based on a study analyzing countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Phelps and Gylfi Zoega find that the “corporatist belief that core elements of human fulfillment would…