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Ideas pt.2

By Josh Weil | Published: March 1, 2010
Last post, I talked about the dangerous potential of government implemented top-down bad ideas. I think every sane person will agree that Chinese peasantry backyard steel production was clearly a horrible blunder. However, it’s not satisfactory to eliminate only the obviously foolish government programs (farm subsidies come to mind). There are high costs of government [...]
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More Monopoly Power in Education

By Charlie Deist | Published: January 30, 2010
Josh’s letter to the editor of the Daily Cal is bolstered by this article from Joe Klein, writing in Time Magazine: Toward the end of his life, Shanker began to realize the union was headed down the wrong path. In a 1993 speech, he talked about the need for more accountability: “I wouldn’t be saying these [...]
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