Via Casey Research,
I recently sat down again with Casey Research founder Doug Casey to discuss a troubling trend: the fast-rising cost of a college education. Read our conversation below to see why Doug says relying on - and paying for - today's educational paradigm "makes as much sense as entering a Model T Ford in the 24 Hours of Le Mans"…
Justin: Doug, I recently had an interesting conversation with my sister.
On Monday, April 10, Janet Yellen will hold a previously unannounced speech at the Gerald Ford School Of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, the school announced on its website this morning. The speech is expected to last from 4pm until 5:15pm, and will be free and open to the public.
Yellen will take questions from the audience and in a notable departure from her previous discussions, she will also take questions from Twitter. To join the conversation on the social platform use the #fordschoolyellen hashtag.
Snowflakes at the ultra-liberal Northern Arizona University are demanding that their President, Rita Cheng, step down today after a student asked for her opinion on 'safe spaces' and got a rather shocking dose of reality as a reply.
During a forum hosted by Cheng, NAU sophomore Breanna Kramer asked the following (per KPNX):
Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg,
Open the Books is back in the spotlight today with another deep-dive report, this time looking into U.S. taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and federal payments into Ivy League colleges.
Below are a few key findings from the report, titled: Ivy League, Inc.
Authored by Alex Morey and Samantha Harris via TheFire.org,
In anti-intellectual email, Wellesley profs call engaging with controversial arguments an imposition on students