What Happened to the University of California?
Peter Klein traces the ideological transformation of the UC system from a world-class research institution to a cautionary tale of government-subsidized capture.
Peter Klein traces the ideological transformation of the UC system from a world-class research institution to a cautionary tale of government-subsidized capture.
My objective is to take the socialist calculation problem and apply it to environmental economics. Environmental regulation is really a variety of government planning and is a poor foundation for policy.
By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax.
By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax.
Mainstream economics has deliberately abandoned the history of economic thought. Austrian economists must keep teaching and re-teaching the great debates of the past.
Although Marxism has thoroughly permeated higher education, few employed there will admit to being Marxists. Instead, they employ Marxist terms to promote their social visions of deconstructionism.
It has been 20 years since the Duke Lacrosse Case dominated the news media. It was a story in which false narratives of guilt pushed by corrupt police and prosecutors, radical members of Duke’s faculty, and the legacy media nearly railroaded three innocent men into prison.
It has been 20 years since the Duke Lacrosse Case dominated the news media. It was a story in which false narratives of guilt pushed by corrupt police and prosecutors, radical members of Duke’s faculty, and the legacy media nearly railroaded three innocent men into prison.
Young Americans and young right-wingers are correct to reject the awful status quo. But to really reject it, you first have to understand it. It would be a major mistake for the Right to delegate their understanding of what’s gone wrong under the current system to their ideological opponents.
What should the younger generation do about their economic difficulties? First, learn economics—real economics. Learn logic and, math. Unlike other disciplines, correct economics does not change with trends. It helps you understand the world, predict outcomes, and make better decisions.