Carol A. Vance

Articles

Indoctrination: 35 Years of the US Department of Education

09/22/2016 Mises Wire Carol A. Vance Loyd S. Pettegrew

Since 1980, during the Carter Administration, America’s K-12 education system has come under increasing control by the dictates of the federal Department of Education (DOE) with failing results...

Higher Education’s Academic Monoculture

06/15/2016 Mises Wire Loyd S. Pettegrew Carol A. Vance

... the [commencement] message is that it is morally superior to be in organizations consuming output produced by others than to be in organizations which produce that output. — Thomas Sowell We teach...

Don’t Fall for “Free”

07/05/2013 Mises Daily Loyd S. Pettegrew Carol A. Vance

The Opportunity Costs of “Free” P.J. O’Rourke once quipped, “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free.” The truth behind O’Rourke’s humor is the...

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