EconTech

This is the type of software that should be implemented for the library, especially with books being increasingly locked away. Recreating the browsing experience is something that has been (somewhat) done with some music apps and the flipping interface with album art. That is the kind of thing I was looking for with books. It [...]

Levitt and Warsh have both commented on some of the issues surrounding the announced institute. I have a couple issues of my own. One is that ousting the university’s bookstore from its current location would be a shame. It does a great job of capturing the essence of the university’s culture in a nice little [...]

From the comment(s) on College Sports as a Fiscal Sink:
I think it would be great if collegiate athletics could generate enough revenue to make them self-sustainable. Unfortunately, as we have come to find out this is not the case as the operating scenario of collegiate athletics currently stands. I think one should note that there [...]

The Dismal Economics of Big-Time College Sports

Every year the NCAA publishes a financial analysis of intercollegiate sports programs. Every year there is much bad news. The newly released NCAA report contains even more bad news than usual. Unprecedentedly bad news, even.
Is this because 2006 (the year on which the new report focuses) was an unprecedentedly [...]

The press release can be found here. And the homepage for the new library is here, with lots of information, most of it locked up for only the University of Chicago community (however, I cannot access it through the proxy; aka, this community member does not have access). My commentary then is based on less [...]

The Declining High School Graduation Rate in the US
If we want to reduce inequality, increasing the high school graduation rate - it’s around 75% - is a good place to start:
The Declining American High School Graduation Rate: Evidence, Sources, And Consequences, by James J. Heckman and Paul A. LaFontaine, [...]

A ringing endorsement:
On the other hand, a shallower analysis may be more stimulating: there’s nothing like a fallacious argument to stimulate your research [1]
[1]But which sources to read? I read The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist; these are probably good places to start.”
Pet research:
So at this point you’ve got to [...]