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19 Sep 2020, 9:39 am by Michael Simkovic
In the NY Review of Books (recently republished online): Nazism was so horrifying and so barbaric that for many people in nations where authoritarianism is... [read post]
18 May 2018, 1:00 am by Michael Simkovic
I recently wrote about the evolution of economics--and law & economics--from fields that focused on assumptions and priors to fields that emphasizes data, causal inference,... [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 8:17 am by Michael Simkovic
Vanderbilt Tax Professor Herwig Schlunk wants the federal government to tax university endowments, preferably out of existence. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 3:00 am by Michael Simkovic
How should researchers make tradeoffs between the costs of data collection, the speed of the analysis, the precision of the measurements, reproducibility by other researchers,... [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 3:14 pm by Michael Simkovic
Inside Higher Education reports that along with an executive order that would politicize federal funding for higher education and scientific research, President Trump may soon... [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 11:10 am by Michael Simkovic
A popular narrative is that business school is not worth the time and money, especially outside of a handful of elite programs. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 10:44 am by Michael Simkovic
Many alarmist narratives suggest that federal student loans are going to lead to a fiscal crisis for the federal government unless loan limits are capped,... [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 9:37 am by Michael Simkovic
The Wall Street Journal’s recent story about law-school funded jobs is a good example of the slant that has pervaded its law school coverage for... [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 5:25 pm by Michael Simkovic
A recent New York Times editorial attacking law school as “a scam” was widely criticized because of its exaggerations and factual inaccuracies (here and here).... [read post]
24 Aug 2015, 3:30 am by Michael Simkovic
Earlier this month, I charted the overwhelmingly negative press coverage of law schools and the legal profession over the last 5 years and discussed the... [read post]
26 Jul 2016, 10:57 am by Michael Simkovic
In 2015, Professor Benjamin Barton of the University of Tennessee estimated for CNN.com, and Business Insider that attorneys working in solo practice earn an average... [read post]
16 Apr 2018, 4:31 am by Michael Simkovic
Democrats in Colorado recently voted overwhelmingly to reject public school privatization and deregulation efforts (charter schools). [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 5:59 am
Joseph Warburton (Syracuse University) and Michael Simkovic (University of Southern California), on Monday, January 6, 2020 Editor's Note: A. [read post]
12 Jun 2015, 6:00 am by Michael Simkovic
The Department of Education has been overcharging low-risk professional school students for federal student loans (relative to the market rate) while keeping rates low for... [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 2:23 pm by Michael Simkovic
The Coronavirus has become a media sensation, receiving more press coverage and more general interest than the better known common Flu. [read post]