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How Economic Liberalism can Undermine Moral Norms

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By Steven C. McMullen In Education

Teacher Turnover, Composition, and Qualifications in the Year-Round School Setting

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By Steven C. McMullen In Ethics

This is part of a series on the economics of higher education in tough financial times. The other posts in this series, so far, are:Higher Education and Covid-19Why Emergency Cost Cutting in Higher Ed is So DamagingWhy Colleges will not be Replaced By Online Education…

Steven C. McMullenMay 9, 2020

Education General Economics

Why Emergency Cost-Cutting in Higher Education is so Damaging

This is the second in a short series on the economics of higher education. The other three posts are available here: Higher Education and the Covid-19 CrisisShould Colleges Merge?Why Colleges will not be Replaced by Online Education It is now almost not worth documenting the…

Steven C. McMullenApril 30, 2020

General Economics

Higher Education and Covid-19

This post is the first in a short series on economics and higher education. The other posts in the series are available here: Why Emergency Cost-Cutting in Higher Education is so DamagingShould Colleges Merge?Why Colleges will not be Replaced by Online Education The Covid-19 crisis…

Steven C. McMullenApril 27, 2020

Ethics General Economics

Letter: Welcome Refugees into Ottawa County

In anticipation of the vote by the Ottawa County Commission regarding the resettlement of refugees, I wrote this letter. Because this same debate is happening in counties all over the country, I share it here publicly. Dear Commissioners, In the coming week, you will all…

Steven C. McMullenJanuary 26, 2020

Animal Ethics Uncategorized

Is a Vegan Diet Scalable?

I was recently contacted by a person inquiring about whether vegan diets are scalable. Given what I wrote about how expensive veggie burgers are, it is a legitimate question. If the Beyond Burger costs $3 for each patty, how is this realistic for most of…

Steven C. McMullenJanuary 23, 2020

Animal Ethics Chapter

Property, Regulation, and Endangered Species Conservation

Today is the release date for The Routledge Handbook of Animal Ethics, edited by Bob Fischer. I am pleased to have contributed a chapter to this excellent collection. Having written and spoken about species conservation a number of times, I think this chapter is the…

Steven C. McMullenDecember 18, 2019

Ethics General Economics

Middle-Class Wage Stagnation?

Don Boudreaux, in a short essay for AIER, makes the case that while hourly wages are stagnant since the 1970's, people are actually better off. Let me take a minute to note that he is a little bit right, and also misses the boat. The…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 29, 2019

Ethics

New Book in Progress: Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate with James Otteson

I am happy to announce that Jim Otteson and I have just signed a contract with Routledge to work on Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate. The book will be a part of a new series, Little Debates about Big Questions, in which scholars engage…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 23, 2019

Book Reviews Fiction

Book Review: Fall by Neal Stephenson

Have you ever entertained the idea that we could "download" ourselves into a computer and then keep living in a digital world? Yeah, me too. What I imagine with great discomfort, Neal Stephenson brings to life in his latest book. The book starts with a…

Steven C. McMullenJuly 21, 2019

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Stewardship as an Environmental and Economic Ethic

This post was written for the Christian Scholar's Review blog. One of the most powerful metaphors in Christian social thought is the idea of stewardship. It comes right out of Genesis, with the idea that God gives humans a job to do on earth, and…

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Review of Why Liberalism Failed

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What Does Christianity have to do with Economics? Three Approaches

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Why Is College so Expensive?

Education is becoming more expensive, but not because of government subsidies, not because of the growth of administration, not because of an amenities arms race. The reason is wages. People are expensive and have become more so over time, in relative terms. This is William…

Education

How Economic Liberalism can Undermine Moral Norms

Teacher Turnover, Composition, and Qualifications in the Year-Round School Setting

Against Inefficacy Objections

Should Colleges Merge?

Why Emergency Cost-Cutting in Higher Education is so Damaging

Higher Education and Covid-19

Letter: Welcome Refugees into Ottawa County

Is a Vegan Diet Scalable?

Property, Regulation, and Endangered Species Conservation

Middle-Class Wage Stagnation?

New Book in Progress: Should Wealth Be Redistributed?: A Debate with James Otteson

Book Review: Fall by Neal Stephenson

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