Archive for Gary Wolfram

School-to-Work: A Large Step Down the Road to Serfdom

Gary Wolfram is the George Munson Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College. It’s been five years since Congress enacted the “School-to-Work Opportunities Act.” School-to-Work is a federal program that ostensibly is designed to improve the work skills of children in the nation’s government schools. The theory is that our education system should prepare children [...]

1Sep1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Insurance Redlining and Government Intervention

Gary Wolfram is George Munson Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Redlining has been a topic of public policy debate and action for several years. Figuring most prominently in the provision of real estate and mortgage services, it has now spilled over into the provision of insurance. Unfortunately, policy recommendations have generally [...]

1Jun1997 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Natural Disaster Protection Act: A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Gary Wolfram is George Munson Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College in Michigan. The Natural Disaster Protection Act[1] provides an example of what the nineteenth-century French political economist Frederic Bastiat called “the seen and the unseen.”[2] While it would appear to reduce the federal government bailout of those who have natural disasters befall them, [...]

1Aug1994 | | 1 comment | Continued

A Note on Converting the Ruble

Dr. Wolfram is the George Munson Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College. The Soviet Union is beset with a myriad of problems as the final collapse of socialism approaches. One of these is how to make the ruble freely convertible with Western currencies. What seems to be missing in the discussion about convertibility is [...]

1Jan1991 | | 0 comments | Continued

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