Posts Tagged ‘ education ’

The Education Trap

Oct 14th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
For decades, governments have been promoting school as being necessary. Celebrities, probably thinking they are doing the "right thing," often promote the message "stay in school," from people like Mr. T. and NBA players and rappers. No one ever thinks to ask, "Hey, Mr. T., did you learn to be an ...read more

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How Public Employee Unions Are Bankrupting the Nation, Part II

Mar 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Last week we presented you with the first part of our interview with Steven Greenhut, author of Plunder: How Public Employee Unions Are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives, and Bankrupting the Nation. Today, Mr. Greenhut and I talk more problems and solutions. Read on below… Gary: We talk about the markets a ...read more

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Eliminate Public Schools, Part II

May 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Yesterday, many of the local benefits to flow from the elimination of the public schools were outlined. But eliminating public schooling, an institution not extant at the country’s founding, would have national implications extending well beyond the boundaries of any one state. Chief beneficiaries would be an overall strengthening, and ...read more

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Federal Government Provides Entitlements at the Cost of Collapse

Apr 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
The year 2010 has America reeling on the brink of total, disgusting, annihilation, whether the D.C. Gang admits it or not. Look at us. We have debts, currently at close to $13 trillion, and committed spending of $170 trillion, both amounts far too large to comprehend. We have borrowed and ...read more

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The Education Bubble, Part I

Sep 16th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
For most of the life of the United States of America one of the biggest dreams was that the next generation would exceed what their parents had achieved. Horatio Alger, "any boy can grow up to be president," "I want my children to have a better education than I did..." ...read more

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Education Then and Now

Sep 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
It’s September again and most of the kids are going back to school, or going for the first time. But it isn’t like it used to be. Not by a long shot. When I went to school from the late ‘40s thru the early ‘60s (I know. I’m dating myself.), the ...read more

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A New Kind of Rote Learning

Apr 22nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to write in and comment about my last article. As I said before and I’ll say it again, the education of our children is an issue too many people in Washington are ignoring. And the fact that you all took the ...read more

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The Knowledge-Based Economy

Apr 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
 I received an interesting question today on The Market Traders about the knowledge-based economy: "Dear Mish, "Considering the dismal manufacturing news today -- 3 million jobs lost since 2000 -- I am wondering what people think about our move into the 'knowledge economy.' Is it just a hoax, or is there really ...read more

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