Some morning economics in the states trying to rein in costs. Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves takes on a cut back on food for kids by not accepting a fully funded…

…face daunting inequalities of opportunity and resources, inequalities that underlie a host of other problems in society. It traces back to the use of Friedman’s Chicago School “free market” theories…

…Bloomberg View — this notion… …has a long and distinguished academic lineage. Luminaries such as Irving Fisher, Milton Friedman and James Tobin have all advocated it. For instance, the “Chicago…

…can also tell you extremely detailed information about, say, Chicago politics dating back to about the early 1900s, but you’ve had your Illinois-political-history fill for the day, I’m sure. And…

I’m delighted to see the U Chicago IGM Forum ask a really useful, non-softball question. The panelists are evenly split on whether an increase to $9 would make it “noticeably…

…really beautifully. The story of the 15-year-old high school majorette who returned home to the south side of Chicago from performing with her team at the inauguration, only to be…

…does for your career in physics. But the equivalent behavior in Economics won’t stop you, and may even prove beneficial to those wishing to get tenure at Harvard or Chicago,…

…a real statesman and kill the Groundhog Day scenario in which Congress appears to be stuck. The President does not appear to be a true Chicago City street-wise kid for…

…problems of disaster relief: By renting the [Chicago Board of Trade] trading floor and using the exchange, supplies and services would be better allocated to disaster victims than they are…

…Megan McArdle well worth reading. It begins: Megan McArdle is a Koch-trained conservative activist working as a business journalist and pundit. She earned her MBA from the University of Chicago,…