American economist and author (b. 1971)
James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley urge National Review Online readers to choose a “cheap” college or none at all. As the Chronicle [of Higher Education] notes, “to the company,…
Davidson College senior Kenny Xu writes at the Daily Signal about one significant aspect of the recent college bribery scandal. The bribery scheme to get privileged children into elite universities…
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column focuses on a recent problem plaguing higher education. In his recent book The Case Against Education, Professor Bryan Caplan argues that most Americans derive…
George Leef’s latest Martin Center column focuses on a new book from a university professor who challenges conventional wisdom about education. In his long-awaited book, George Mason University economist Bryan…
Bryan Caplan explains in an Atlantic essay why he’s no fan of the idea of sending as many young adults as possible to college. Thanks to tenure, I have a…
This forum has featured repeated assertions that college has been oversold. In the latest issue of Barron’s, economist Bryan Caplan reviews a new book, Peter Cappelli’s Will College Pay Off?,…
John Stossel‘s latest column at Human Events explains why he’s unconvinced that college makes sense for most young people. College has become a scam. Some students benefit: those with full…
At EconLog, Brian Caplan posts some disturbing results from a survey of professors at American universities: 18% of the social scientists in general, and 25% of sociologists in particular, described themselves as “Marxists.” As…
¡El periodico, La Conexión, gracias por publicar mi articulo! La aplicación de leyes en contra de la inmigración sigue siendo la manzana de la discordia entre los estados y el gobierno…
That is the subject of this fascinating post by David Boaz on Cato’s blog. His argument is that leftists, although they claim to know how we governmental minimalists think, really…
The latest Ideas Matter update from Max Borders features his response to the recent video clip from Duke professor Michael Munger on government efforts to create jobs. Transferring resources and…
The latest Bloomberg Businessweek features a fascinating article based in part on research from Duke professor Dan Ariely. It shows that most Americans would prefer a society with a more…