Thing One A Shameful Experiment The Name Of Equity Last week, we talked about the severe negative impact that the lack of education is having on American students - on a macro level - while the people in charge focus on the wrong “problem”. This week we highlight the issue on a micro level using an example from San Francisco. This sad tale about a generation that local system has failed, without any accountability, is a reminder we should be more careful about choosing

Thing One A Minimum Wage Metaphor Imagine for a moment that you are in need of a new pair of running shoes. You know of a strip mall that has two shoe stores, so you get in your car and make the short drive. The first store, Uncle Sam's Sports, is closer to where you parked, so you start there. When you walk in, you're greeted by the manager who asks if he can help you. You politely tell him that you're looking for a pair of running shoes, but you also indicate that you'd

Thing One What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen: A Lesson for Today’s Policy Debates The 19th-century French economist Frédéric Bastiat offered a timeless warning about how we evaluate economic policy. In his essay What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen, he wrote: “...In the economic sphere an act, a habit, an institution, a law produces not only one effect, but a series of effects. Of these effects, the first alone is immediate; it appears simultaneously with its cause; it is s