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Posted in Academics, Economics, Education, Government, Policy, Politics on Nov 10th, 2009
Here’s an interesting question. Are Too Many Students Going to College? One could argue that the answer is obviously NO but is it? Several experts offer their answers to this question in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
I would argue that the answer is not as simple as yes or no. One should look at whether [...]
Posted in Academics, Current Affairs, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics on Oct 26th, 2009
GMU Economics Professor, Don Boudreaux, provides us with a Manneian defense of insider trading in the October 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
I wrote my dissertation on insider trading and corporate governance. The literature, theoretical and empirical, on insider trading is just plain huge and with time I came to slightly change my opinion [...]
Posted in Academics, Announcement, Economics, Education, Government, Policy, Politics, Research on Sep 1st, 2009
The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest for junior faculty and students in higher education is held every year. The submission deadline is May 3, 2010. Winners will be announced in October, 2010. Winners of the 2009 contest will be announced in October, 2009. The 2010 Templeton Fellowships will be awarded for the best [...]
Posted in Academics, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, Government, Health, Law, Policy, Politics on Jun 30th, 2009
In the light of the recent HIV case in the adult film industry, I wrote with the assistance of Chris Mitchell, Director of Communications, and Adrian Moore, Vice President of Research, at Reason Foundation, an op-ed based on my academic unpublished paper on self-regulation in the adult film industry.
The op-ed basically repeats what I wrote [...]
Posted in Academics, Economics, Education, Government, Policy, Politics, Research, Society on May 29th, 2009
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Posted in Academics, Books, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics, Research, Society, Television on Apr 19th, 2009
GMU BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism Peter Leeson talks about his book on The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates on Reason.tv
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, Government, Policy, Politics, Research on Apr 17th, 2009
Sam Kazman from the Competitive Enterprise Institute has an interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal today on the trade-offs between fuel efficiency and safety. In his piece, he discusses the results from a study produced by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) showing that small cars such as the increasingly popular fuel-efficient gasoline [...]
Posted in Academics, Announcement, Economics, Government, Law, Policy, Politics, Religion, Research on Feb 24th, 2009
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The Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest for junior faculty and students in higher education is held every year. The submission deadline is May 1, 2009 . Winners will be announced in October, 2009 . The [...]
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, Policy, Politics on Dec 10th, 2008
Here an interesting picture that unfortunately reflects the truth about the automobile industry bailout and is another perfect illustration of rent-seeking.
HT: Lawrence H. White via Division of Labour
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, Politics on Oct 12th, 2008
My colleague (and friend) Christopher Coyne came to our campus to give a talk on whether Liberal Democracy and Western values or, more exactly, institutions could be exported to other countries. Obviously, the talk was related to the current occupation of Iraq and the attempt of the United States to impose by force those institutions. [...]