People who advocate tax-funded school vouchers for private schools frequently hail the G.I. Bill of Rights education vouchers for World War II veterans as a model. In truth, the G.I. Bill was a budget-busting middle-class entitlement scheme that had destructive effects on higher education, and set the stage for virtually all our current
In the 19th century, the legal profession was open. There were no mandates on the kind or duration of education a person had to have. No law restricted anyone from offering his services. The only complaints were from lawyers who wanted to force “higher standards” upon the market. Today, the law profession is closed off to all but those who can
Grove City College learned the lesson of federal funding more than twenty years ago. In late 1977, the College refused to sign an Assurance of Compliance form, required by the federal government in the wake of the passage of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. Even then, the College accepted no direct federal aid. Some Grove City students did
Published in The Orlando Sentinel , November 28, 1998 Taxpayer vouchers allowing students to attend private schools is a bad idea whose time may have come anyway. It’s a bad idea, despite the growing hype for it, for a number of reasons. Mixing public funds in private institutions is never a good idea. A great deal of the mischief done in this
Auburn University | August 1- 8, 1998 The Mises University is the world’s leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics. Since 1984, it has been the essential training ground for economists who are looking beyond the mainstream. Rooted in the tradition of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises, the Mises University offers a rigorous
Richard Vedder, professor of economics at Ohio State University, teaches at the annual Mises University, an instructional seminar in the Austrian School for undergraduates and graduate students, sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. In this piece, Professor Vedder identifies some structural problems in conventional university settings, and
Investor’s Business Daily , July 23, 1998, runs an outstanding article on school vouchers, explaining with stunning clarity that vouchers constitute not choice but welfare: School Choice or Bigger Government? “Milwaukee’s Reform Came Wrapped In Red Tape” by Michael Chapman School vouchers have been sold as a winning way to give parents a choice of
Gene Epstein of Barron’s is one of the outstanding economic journalists of our time, and he also deeply influence by Misesian theory. Here are excerpts from his November 23, 1998, column on economics texts: Wrong Lessons The trouble with economics textbooks By Gene Epstein Now I know why it’s called the Dismal Science. I just spent a few days at a
Supporters of school vouchers are jumping for joy over a Wisconsin Supreme Court edict that permits tax dollars to be used at religious schools. They hope the decision will be the basis of a vast expansion of vouchers (four other states are debating this same question), eventually leading to a federal voucher program that will “privatize” all
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