Want to Help the Poor? Get Government Out of the Way
National Center for Policy Analysis
Don’t blame market failure for the difficulty poor people have finding affordable transportation, housing, child care, health care and security services. The real culprit: government regulation.
Introducing the Debt-to-Degree Ratio
Education Sector
A new way to measure the performance of an academic institution is to calculate the ratio of how much its students borrow compared to the number of degrees granted. The trends are not favorable.
Elite “Exam” Schools Provide Little Educational Value Added
National Bureau of Economic Research
The frenzied competition to get into elite Boston and New York “exam” schools isn’t justified by the results. An analysis of standardized test scores shows little educational value added.
