Bohanon: Skills or Sorting — What Do We Do at a University?
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. College graduates earn more than high-school graduates. College graduates with actuarial-science degrees earn more than college graduates with culinary-arts degrees. We all know why: Higher education gives students valuable skills that translate into high-paying jobs. College level skills that are more valuable (at the margin) command higher salaries, so acquiring science Read the full article…
Keating: ‘The Voluntary (but Tricky) Nature of Taxation’
by MARYANN O. KEATING, Ph.D. A young man, selling Internet services in the U.S. and abroad, is amazed at the ability of Americans to self-correct as they adjust to the vicissitudes of the global economy. He sees U.S. household debt, if not declining, in the process of being stabilized. The housing market is slowly, albeit Read the full article…
Indianapolis not Suited for Transit Plan
For release Jan. 16 and thereafter (678 words) by Andrea Neal There is one inescapable reason that a regional mass-transit system will not succeed in the Indianapolis area. “Put simply, mass transit needs mass – i.e., density.” And we don’t have it. The quotation comes from two experts in urban transit — Erick Guerra and Read the full article…
Civil Literacy Should Be on the Pence Agenda
by Andrea Neal For a country that is saturated 24/7 in media, our ignorance of politics is stunning. Sixty-two percent of us can’t identity the governor, according to a survey by Xavier University. Three-fourths can’t answer the question “What does the judiciary branch do?” The Indiana Civic Health Index conducted in 2011 placed Indiana near Read the full article…
Government Rules Trump Beliefs of Indiana Company
by Andrea Neal When the officers of Grote Industries sat down to discuss a possible legal challenge to the contraceptive mandate in the national health-care law, the vote was immediate and unanimous. “We decided that it was definitely against our beliefs,” says chairman and CEO William Grote III. The company filed a complaint in U.S. Read the full article…
Bohanon: ‘Water, Diamonds — the Value of College Majors’
by Cecil Bohanon, Ph.D. Indulge in this fantasy: You wake up one morning, turn on your water faucet and a stream of perfectly shaped nuggets that look like diamonds pours out. On further investigation, you find that all your water taps are spewing what seems to be diamonds. You rush to your neighbor who happens Read the full article…
