Finally a difference of opinion with Krugman

There’s a reason he’s been called Krugtron. Oppose him at your peril. Nevertheless, I’d personally play down the ‘financial catastrophe’ angle of failure to raise the debt ceiling. Krugman in today’s NYT: “it looks quite possible that default would create a huge financial crisis”.I think it would certainly hurt from a GDP point of view, through the […]

Secondary school historiography

I want to know how the secondary school students in your area are taught history — specifically the Great Depression. The form to capture your feedback is located at http://tinyurl.com/nzsz6sn. Alternatively, you can simply email me photographs of the relevant pages of your textbook. (To get in touch, please first use the “contact” button above.)***I’m working on […]

Why don’t sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) invest in education?

Serious question. Why don’t sovereign wealth funds (SWFs, the managers of a nation’s commodity windfall, usually) invest in other people’s education? Note that I am specifying other people’s education. I don’t mean this to imply that education levels in the SWF nations are “high enough” (I don’t even know what that would mean, and anyway it certainly […]