Last week I wrote that the problem of runaway college spending presents libertarians with something of a dilemma, because, “the best way to bend down the long-term higher education cost curve and thus reduce government spending is to increase government regulation in the form of mandatory reporting [of information about institutional performance].”
Unsurprisingly, Neal McCluskey of [...]
All Posts Tagged: 'Cato Institute'
The Libertarian’s Dilemma, Cont’d
All Competition is Not the Same
Ezra Klein critiques a recent WSJ op-ed$ about income inequality and the return on human capital from Cato’s Brink Lindsey, which concludes:
Those interested in reducing meaningful economic inequality would thus be well advised to focus on education reform. And forget about adding new layers of bureaucracy and top-down controls. Real improvements will come from challenging [...]
Free to Be, You and Me (Vouchers, evolution, and other stuff edition)
In a fascinating example of appropriating the arguments of one’s opponents and subverting them to his own aims, Cato’s Neal McCluskey posits vouchers as a solution to the evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design brouhaha that’s been getting so many panties in a twist in states (esp. Kansas) and school districts lately. Matthew Yglesias (from whose blog [...]
Free Market Uber Alles
My wife and I moved into our house on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC almost five years ago. At first we got a lot of mail addressed to the previous owners, but that quickly slowed to a trickle and then stopped altogether, with two exceptions: a seed catalogue based in the Midwest (tithonias, only $2.45 [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman Aldeman's False Fronts is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
03/08/10 | Andrew Rotherham's Eduwonk post on RTT finalists is quoted on Class Struggle.
03/07/10 | Andrew Rotherham is quoted on the success of MATCH in The Times-Picayune.
03/06/10 | Eduwonk's reaction to Ohio's status as a RTT finalist is cited in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York's status as a Race to the Top finalist is cited on National Journal.