…misuse of theoretical economics to answer questions across a range of policy issues relates to the spread of “law and economics” in law schools. Funded by millions from the Olin…

Lifted directly from comments by cactus from the open thread: Economics is not a science. Physics wouldn’t be a science either if esteemed members of that profession who got prestigious…

…rather for the Kauffman Economics Bloggers Forum. There will be presentations tomorrow (agenda here; homepage for live streaming here) in three session. The morning features Tyler Cowen, Ben Wildavsky, Megan…

by Mike Kimel A Reminder My wife was talking to a friend of hers who gets paid by the school district her son attends to bring the boy to school…

…doors during school hours. Despite the current tragedy, elementary school is a very safe place, except for the heartbreaking exception when it is not. PS: many churches are now upgrading…

…huge huge increase in the college wage premium. Salary with a diploma minus salary with just a high school diploma divided by salary with just a high school diploma much…

…the school department. It’s a funny story. See, the department hired a couple people and these people, along with the help of the city council and the school committee the…

…top .1%. When Occupy Wall Street identifies its opposition as the 1%, it’s not talking about people who live in posh neighborhoods with great schools; it’s talking about people who…

…School District, Clement filed a brief in support of a cert. petition filed by the parents of an autistic child who tried, without retaining counsel, to sue their local school…

…school tuition organizations (STOs), which then use the funds to support tuition payments to private schools. The original suit claimed that STOs violated the First Amendment’s prohibition of government activities…