Archive for Julio H. Cole
Book Review: Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy Third Edition, Revised and Expanded by E. G. West
Liberty Fund • 1994 • 364 pages • $14.00 cloth; $8.00 paperback E.G. West’s Education and the State is an important book on an important subject. Liberty Fund has performed a valuable service in sponsoring the expanded third edition of this well known analysis of the economics of state education. Indeed, though West’s masterful and [...]
1May1995 | Julio H. Cole | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Federal Support Of Higher Education: The Growing Challenge To Intellectual Freedom Edited by Roger E. Meiners and Ryan C. Amacher
Professors World Peace Academy, distributed by Paragon House Publishers, 90 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 • 1989 • 393 pages • $15.95 paperback Higher education the world over is dominated by government. In the United States, most colleges and universities are government institutions, or rely heavily on government support even if they are private. [...]
1Jun1990 | Julio H. Cole | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Writings of Adam Smith
Professor Cole teaches in the Economics Department at the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. Two centuries after his death in 1790, Adam Smith is still justly regarded as the single most towering figure in the history of modern economics. His celebrated work on The Wealth of Nations captured the spirit of industrial capitalism, and presented [...]
1Feb1990 | Julio H. Cole | 25 comments | ContinuedPerestroika: Can It Work?
Perestroika: Can It Work? Dr. Ayau is President Emeritus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala, where Mr. Cole is a professor of economics. It is all very well to hail perestroika—the current moves toward liberalization of Soviet bloc economies, the establishment of “profits” as incentives for Soviet managers, and steps to organize Soviet production [...]
1Dec1988 | and Manuel F. Ayau | 0 comments | Continued-
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