Word: redistributionism
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The turmoil has spilled from Oaxaca into neighboring Mexican states. In early July, explosions shook installations of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national oil company, in the state of Guanajuato, just north of this region. At first the government said the cause was poor maintenance but later admitted it was a...
Former welfare mother and self-proclaimed “conservative crusader” Star Parker blasted U.S. welfare policy and advocated a market-based approach to alleviating poverty at the Harvard Republican Club’s (HRC) fifth annual Lincoln Day Dinner last night. “We?...
Politicians and higher education experts welcomed the proposal to increase federal Pell Grant funding by the largest amount in three decades last week. But some experts have suggested that the increase may instead disadvantage the lowest-income students entering universities, though Harvard students will likely not be affected. The Pell...
During the lifetimes of most Harvard undergraduates, Richard A. Musgrave—a founder of modern public sector economics—was in retirement.Musgrave, who died Monday at age 96, also came from an era preceding current economics faculty. But his ideas about the state’s role in...
The question here is not whether this income redistribution is fair, but whether it really is the best idea we have. We could, for instance, have a section in every course website that displays every required book’s ISBN, two weeks before classes start. Computer Services could have...