There would be no opportunity cost?
I've been reading Rod Hill & Tony Myatt's very well done "The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics." It is meant as an antidote to a lot of the misleading...
View ArticleLegalizing and Taxing Commerce in Marijuana
On Thursday July 28th, I testified at the Indiana State House in front of a panel of legislators considering revisions to the marijuana laws. It was an interesting experience. The complete text of my...
View ArticleCasualties of war and sunk costs
I came across this article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Very interesting research. The authors find that reminding people of American soldiers’ death and injuries tends to firm up...
View ArticleWhen Chomsky wept
Just a link to a terrific article about one one the world's foremost intellectuals, "great soul," and someone worthy of being called a hero. When Chomsky wept
View ArticleCampus Parking Privatization
The Indiana Business Journal and the Chronicle for Higher Education reported some time ago that Indiana University's trustees are seriously considering privatizing campus parking. More recently, it was...
View ArticleWhy I am not a Progressive
The following article What Should Be Progressive or Humanitarian Response to Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria? quotes Joe Stork, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North...
View ArticleReasonable Doubt
Many arguments have been advanced as to why the U.S. should not rush to bomb Syria. One apparently compelling argument raises the issue of “reasonable doubt” as in the following article: Syria: why...
View ArticleIU’s Banded Tuition: a Bad Idea
Effective Fall 2016, Indiana University is set to begin a policy for charging tuition referred to as Banded Tuition. Interested readers can find the details here. In a nutshell, part-time students...
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