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In James M. Buchanan and Liberal Political Economy, Richard Wagner argues that the scholarship of James Buchanan was an effort to update the classical political economy of Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill with the tools of modern neoclassical economics. “Normatively,” Wagner (2017, 58) writes, “Buchanan was a democrat who embraced the democratic ideology of self-governance.” He recognized “democracy as simultaneously desirable and subject to a degradation that required conscious effort to resist.” This constitutional project required both efforts to unearth the governing dynamics of alternative institutional arrangements and the educational effort to prepare future scholars with the necessary intellectual…

Can I save a 4th year degree? Not for most learners, I would argue. The 11 generous alternative pathways become secret ones and stars, and the perfect degree seems unrealistic… But why should it be the only product the university sells? And why is American dream not achieved through other university products, other career preparation and adulteration components? “Kathleen Delaski, who needs college now?” (page 166) For many years, American leaders have adopted the goal that universities should be for everyone. Kathleen Delaski says it’s time for young people to offer different paths to follow to find employee status. Delaski…

[ Note: This article was originally published on March 10, 2025 by Scott Sumner at his substack under the title “False Dawn: George Selgin on the New Deal.”] A Book Review of False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery: 1933-1947, by George Selgin. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal policies had three goals: recovery, relief, and reform. George Selgin has produced an excellent new book that focuses on the first of those three goals—recovery. Did New Deal policies succeed in getting the United States out of the Great Depression? The short answer is no. But False Dawn: The New…

Interorganizational Collaboration: Disassemble silos for success Let’s take a look at common scenarios at work. While working on a project, it often makes you feel like you’re alone. It may require insight from other departments, but they may be busy with their work and deadlines, so it’s hard to feel understood and supported. This is where effective sensual collaboration becomes essential. Sensual collaboration is about teams from different departments who work together towards shared goals. Instead of the team staying on their tasks, they start combining their expertise. And in modern day workplaces where everything needs to be faster and…

AMY GALLO: You’re listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review. I’m Amy Gallo. Everyone reports to someone, and managing up is how we proactively build a productive, mutually beneficial relationship with our boss, whether that person is a VP or the CFO. It’s the effort we put into understanding their priorities. It’s the way we tailor updates and feedback. It’s balancing their needs with ours. It’s a mix of skills you keep honing because managing up isn’t something you ever really finish. Thankfully, in executive coach Melody Wilding’s new book, she breaks the work of navigating your relationship…

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Hierarchical tech weasels made a splash in early May with their vision for Guantanamo Bay. The Charter Cities Institute (CCI), a front group for billionaire Silicon Valley interests, wants to turn the home of US torture chambers into a high-tech charter city, which will double as a “proving ground” for migrants seeking to enter the US. Those lucky enough to make it to the imperial heartland might find themselves in Guantanamos anyways. That’s because so-called “freedom cities” might be coming to the 50 states as well. What Are the “Freedom” Cities? Elon Musk recently got his company town in Starbase,…

The obsession with Musk made sense. As the eccentric CEO of multiple high-profile companies and the world’s richest man, he’s a bonafide celebrity who’s long been a source of public fascination. Musk also seems to love the spotlight, frequently courting it with headline-grabbing antics, orchestrated publicity stunts, and through-the-night postings. In the first weeks and months of the second Trump administration, his every move seemed designed to get people talking. Named in honor of a memed-out cryptocurrency Musk’s hyped throughout the years, DOGE’s extremely online branding told us: look at me. It’s government chaos custom-built to go viral, with Musk…

Eve here. I objected to relying on generative AI like ChatGpt and repeatedly warned that Vry Vray, with a few exceptions, would not allow content that has organized AI in comments. It’s a scholar. As this post confirms, much of the use of AI is resulting from cripulating the degradation of inference skills and passing for knowledge. AI fans, think that even elite medical programs are offloaded to AI before opposed. As you can see below, many users have lost sight of how generator AI programs like ChatGPT work. They are not doing research. They use the data in their…

Propublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates power abuse. Sign up and receive the biggest story as soon as it’s published. The mother of an Arizona man who died after failing to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurance company, saying he broke the law by publishing misinformation that misinterpreted a client. Ravi Coutinho, a 36-year-old entrepreneur, bought insurance from Ambetter, the most popular plan on Healthcare.gov, as it appears to offer plenty of mental health and addiction treatment options near her home in Phoenix. However, after struggling for months in early 2023 to find in-network care to…