The Bloody Waters of Higher Ed
The Bloody Waters of Higher Ed:
Notes on how a generation’s class- and age-based neglect destroyed the job prospects of rising Millennials: Academia edition.
Or: How the tenure track has eliminated itself.
University economics teaching isn’t an education: it’s a £9,000 lobotomy
University economics teaching isn’t an education: it’s a £9,000 lobotomy:
Aditya Chakrabortty: Economics took a battering after the financial crisis, but faculties are refusing to teach alternative views. It’s as if there’s only one way to run an economy
Economists used to be the priests of free markets—now they’re just a bunch of engineers
Economists used to be the priests of free markets—now they’re just a bunch of engineers:
Do a YouTube search for “Milton Friedman.” Most of the hits will be speeches mixing economic theory with political philosophy. You’ll see Friedman talking about the value of greed, for example, or holding forth on socialism versus capitalism. Most entertaining is the series of videos titled “Milton Friedman schools young idealist,” in which young, hippie-looking kids stand up and challenge the old…
