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Friday, May 2, 2008

The Goal Is Freedom: Government Schools and the Housing Mess


The Law of Unintended Consequences is a fascinating thing. You can never be entirely sure what the second-, third-, etc. -order effects of any action will be. This is especially so with government policy because centralized decision-making can do so much damage to so many people. That ought to humble the politicians and bureaucrats, but it never does. Take the possible connection between the “public schools” and the current housing and mortgage woes. More . . .

A NEW article by Sheldon Richman



  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.