Category Archives: education

DeLong to PACS Professors: Grow Up

By Charlie Deist | Published: May 8, 2010
I generally disagree with UC Berkeley Professor and PEIS Chair Professor Brad Delong’s worldview and method of internet discourse (deleting comments, ahem), but it pleases me to see him stirring up anger among extreme leftists in the social sciences. DeLong prides himself on his supposed freedom from bias, which naturally precludes him buying into the bulk of [...]
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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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