Learning Economics
  • How Student Debt Derails Dreams of Parenthood

    By Alllison Linn, CNBC

    Hobbled by student loan debt, frustrated by careers that have been stymied by a weak job market, and frightened by watching their own parents suffer setbacks, many young Americans feel they're...

  • Hospital Safety Alert: Interns As Shift Workers

    By Sandra G Boodman, Kaiser Health News

    Flavio Casoy vividly remembers one of his scariest moments as an intern: On duty at a San Francisco hospital for nearly 29 hours, he was at the bedside of a very sick patient when the man's oxygen...

  • The Alarming Truth About Education Majors

    By Richard Vedder, Minding-the-Campus

    Having mediocre students become mediocre teachers has dangerous implications for our nation's future, leading us to spending vast amounts of money on very modest levels of academic achievement for...

  • Kids Need a History Lesson--Start with the 4th of July

    When families gather this week to watch fireworks light up the skies, will their children have any idea what we are celebrating? Do they understand the significance of the Declaration of Independence...

  • The Case for Making College Tuition Competitive

    By Jake Novak, Reuters

    If we really want to make sure more of our young people get the change to go to college, then let the free market take a whack at reducing tuition costs.