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Read David Friedman

Posted by Patrick Semmens in August 31st 2008

A good friend of mine recently told me how much he had recently been enjoying David Friedman’s writings. After coming across a link to Friedman’s blog recently I was reminded just how good a writer (and commentator) he is.
My friend told me how Friedman’s book The Machinery of Freedom (originally written in 1971), was shifting his [...]

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Freedom in Education

Posted by Jonathan Bydlak in August 18th 2008

Over on DiscoverScholars.org blog, we discuss how government interference has undermined market forces and led to a lower quality of teaching than students would otherwise receive. Here’s a snippet:
Though Gwartney focuses on government subsidies, the same basic principles apply to private donations: when made directly to colleges, they enable administrations to fund projects of little [...]

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