The Man Who Foretold Our Economic Fate

The rhyme and the reason behind the lingering Great Recession spelled out 13 years beforehand by a billionaire who also correctly predicted the 1987 stock market crash. The housing bubble predicted six years before it burst by a prescient law school professor and Obama Administration financial reform advisor…

American Competitiveness: The New Untouchables or The New Half Truth?

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman makes a superficially compelling case for reforming education in pursuit of American Competitiveness. But is he overstating its promise?