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28 May 2018, 1:00 am by Michael Simkovic
The Goldwater-Koch legislation is profoundly hostile to the vision of universities as special institutions—places of learning, of the pursuit of knowledge for the betterment of society, of refinement and culture. [read post]
24 May 2018, 5:57 pm by Michael Simkovic
Following up on my previous post, A well-organized campaign to bait, discredit, and take over universities is exploiting students and manipulating the public "The purpose... [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]
17 May 2018, 4:47 am by Michael Simkovic
Following up on my previous post, When do donor influence and ideology undermine academic integrity? [read post]
16 May 2018, 4:38 am by David E. Bernstein
Over at Leiter, Professor Michael Simkovic has a lengthy post about the recent controversy over lapsed funding agreements between the Koch Foundation and George Mason's Economics Department. [read post]
14 May 2018, 6:02 am by Michael Simkovic
Key takeaways Universities face serious threats to academic freedom from outside pressure groups Some Donors have made demands that can undermine university provision of unbiased,... [read post]
1 May 2018, 10:00 am by Paul Caron
Following up on my previous post, Conservative Law Prof Heckled by CUNY Protestors: Michael Simkovic (USC), A Well-Organized Campaign to Bait, Discredit, and Take Over Universities Is Exploiting Students and Manipulating the Public: Key takeaways: Many lectures about “free speech” are not really about “free speech,” but rather are intended... [read post]
1 May 2018, 3:32 am by SHG
As for Michael Simkovic, you’re a disgrace. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 7:53 pm by Rick Hills
Michael Simkovic has a blog post describing and denouncing a plot by “a network of organizations funded by wealthy conservatives and libertarians including the Koch Brothers” to discredit universities. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 9:28 am by David E. Bernstein
USC law professor Michael Simkovic has a blog post up at Leiter Law School Reports which I can charitably deem "remarkable. [read post]
30 Apr 2018, 4:00 am by Michael Simkovic
Key takeaways: Many lectures about “free speech” are not really about “free speech,” but rather are intended to provoke a reaction that will discredit universities.... [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]
15 Apr 2018, 11:33 am by Michael Simkovic
Edward Kleinbard (USC; former head of the Joint Committee on Taxation) writes in the Los Angeles Time "[B]udget deficits — how much spending exceeds revenues... [read post]
13 Apr 2018, 12:00 pm by Michael Simkovic
A new survey study by Milan Markovic and Gabriel Plicket finds that Texas lawyers generally remain fairly satisfied after the 2008 recession. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 8:29 am by Michael Simkovic
In the Guardian, Fordham's Zephyr Teachout argues that members of Congress let the CEO of Facebook off easily and essentially treated his hearing as an... [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 4:59 am by Paul Caron
Following up on my previous posts (links below): Michael Simkovic (USC), U.S. [read post]