Laffer’s Laughing

Arthur Laffer recently offered his thoughts on the Unemployment Benefits in the Wall Street Journal opinion pages…. What kept coming to mind is, how are we even having this conversation? And by conversation I mean, how can we look at the empirical evidence concerning unemployment benefits and still somehow draw the conclusion that extending them [...]

Adult Education Issues

The Wall Street Journal recently published a special section on Education. What inspired me was the opener.
If an educated work force is the nation’s human capital, business is seeing a lot of subprime these days.
It’s a snarky little comment, but it hit entirely too close to home. Even if your school’s graduation rate is stable [...]