This old post on poverty by Megan McArdle of The Atlantic reminds me why she is on the top of my reading list:
My own thoughts on welfare reform: it’s clear to me from the research I’ve done to write about poverty, and from reading books like DeParle’s, that the poor suffer from three main problems: […]
Archive for January, 2008
Jan11th2008
Poverty In The USA And The Difference Between Conservatives And Liberals
Published by in Economics, General and Poverty. 2 CommentsJan10th2008
Hispanic CREO Has A Blog!
Published by in Education, General, Hispanics (Minority Issues) and Vouchers. 2 CommentsOne of my favorite charity organizations is Hispanic CREO, short for the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options. The organization was founded “to address the crisis in Latino education by empowering Latino families with parental choice in education. By creating coalitions with parents, schools, faith-based organizations, advocates and like-minded groups, Hispanic CREO has been […]
Jan10th2008
“Ever since Starbucks blanketed every functioning community in America with its cafes, the one effect of its expansion that has steamed people the most has been the widely assumed dying-off of mom and pop coffeehouses. Our cities once overflowed with charming independent coffee shops, the popular thinking goes, until the corporate steamroller known as Starbucks […]
Jan9th2008
“As I say, I suspect that her tears were genuine. After all, she cried not because of some real or imagined affront to herself, to her family, or to a favored political group; nor did she cry over any of her failures. Instead, Sen. Clinton cried over her own lust for power. Her emotion was […]
Jan8th2008
Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics at Harvard University and big supporter of school vouchers gives a fascinating talk on Charter Schools and the promising impact they have on our education system - especially on poor inner city neighborhoods.
Video found via FORA tv here.
Link via Stuart Buck.
Jan7th2008
“It’s not just that they’re brown; it’s that they’re brown and want to use your stuff. Let more people in, the argument goes, and they’ll end up on welfare, their kids crowding your schools, their parents crowding your hospitals. You could argue that the economic concerns are just masking mass racism, but that doesn’t explain […]
Jan5th2008
Milton Friedman Debates Naomi Klein
Published by in Capitalism, Communism, Economics and General. 0 Comments
And one that only Youtube can bring.
Link via CD.
Jan4th2008
I simply can’t bring myself to vote for Huckabee and his winning the Iowa primary will likely knock the two Republicans I could vote for out of the race - Romney and Thompson. This leaves Huckabee and my other can’t-vote-for candidate McCain as the two likely GOP candidates. Meaning, I may end up voting third […]
Jan4th2008
“McDonald’s exemplifies the role of small businesses in Americans’ upward mobility. The company is largely a confederation of small businesses: 85 percent of its U.S. restaurants — average annual sales, $2.2 million — are owned by franchisees. McDonald’s has made more millionaires, and especially black and Hispanic millionaires, than any other economic entity ever, anywhere.” […]
Jan3rd2008
From a recent study on the Florida voucher program:
We analyze the impact of the accountability system on Florida’s students and schools using a three-part analysis. First, we estimate the effect of the accountability system and the threat of becoming voucher eligible on student test score performance, both in the short-run and in the longer term. […]
