Day: November 8, 2024

House v. NCAA: A Threat to Higher Education’s Academic Mission?

The House v. NCAA settlement could reshape the landscape of higher education by allowing colleges to pay athletes directly, raising questions about the future of academic and athletic balance. At its core, the decision proposes a model of athlete compensation that diverges sharply from traditional views of amateurism in college sports. Rather than emphasizing scholarships […]

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Trump’s Economic Policy Is Straight Out of UChicago

The Chicago school of economics may be the most effective academic source of American economic policy.  “It is widely believed that politics and economics are separate and largely unconnected; that individual freedom is a political problem and material welfare an economic problem; and that any kind of political arrangements can be combined with any kind of […]

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