The Decline of Public Intellectuals
Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.
Does 2022 America still have legitimate intellectuals? Professor Paul Gottfried joins Jeff and Bob to consider the state of real and pseudo-intellectualism.
Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood.
American political, educational, and economic life is increasingly dominated by "experts." We should not be surprised that they fail most of the time.
Politicians calling for student loan forgiveness or free college tuition have failed to understand the larger consequences of unlimited student lending. Henry Hazlitt would have understood.
American political, educational, and economic life is increasingly dominated by "experts." We should not be surprised that they fail most of the time.
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
As we watch the once proud edifice of higher education in the USA crumble, we realize that we are looking at institutional failure itself.
College faculties historically have leaned left-of-center, but today, a rigid progressive ideology is enforced not only by faculty, but also by higher education administrations.
Even while Americans deal with skyrocketing higher education costs, few would challenge the worth of college and fewer still question the campus culture. Yet, that is precisely where the problems lie, even if people don't recognize it.
Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop talk with Chris Calton about student loans, "the college experience," and the lack of ideological diversity on college campuses today.