Archive for John R. Lott Jr.
Academic Freedom at a Public University
A great deal of attention is paid to academic freedom. Among the benefits of such freedom, it is claimed, is that the free dissemination of information will allow better informed decisions to be made. The following story points out that public funding of academia creates certain subtle and not-so-subtle biases that are inconsistent with academic [...]
1Mar1990 | John R. Lott Jr. | 0 comments | Continued-
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JPMorgan Chase and Casino Banking
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Individualism, Trade-Unions, and “Self-Governing Combinations”
Who do you imagine said this? “[Trade-unions] seem natural to the passing phase of social evolution,... Read More
Bubbles, Malinvestment, and Higher Education
Many commentators are asking whether the next big bubble to burst will be the debt associated with the... Read More
JPMorgan’s Blunder Is No Market Failure
I am not going to try to defend JPMorgan Chase for its recent, widely reported financial blunders. ... Read More
For Equality; Against Privilege
This TGIF originally ran July 7, 2006. The freedom philosophy can be boiled down to two phrases: for... Read More
