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Understanding Principal-Agent Problems
I wrote this paper a while back. I’ve edited (recently) for clarity and for helping understand some literature on the subject of principal agent problems. I recently wrote a post about applying the principal agent… Read more
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The Case For Corruption: Considering Jonathan Rauch’s Treatise on Political Realism
I should start by noting that I’m a fan of Jonathan Rauch. Last year, I ran an event with him as a keynote speaker to talk about free expression. I haven’t written a personal review,… Read more
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Do Good Leaders Matter? Analyzing leadership through game theory
Yesterday, news broke that my university’s president plans on resigning. Despite being new to the job, having started in 2019, Katsouleas started by outlining a vision for the future of the university. Regardless of whether… Read more
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Considering Skwire’s “No Liberty, No Art: No Art, No Liberty”
Back when I was in high school, I attended a debate camp at Dartmouth. As I roamed the hallway, looking for something thought provoking to my teenage pretentiousness, I came across a few books being… Read more
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A Review of BloggingHeads.TV
For those not familiar, BloggingHeads.tv is a video blog discussion site about political, philosophical, world, and academic events. Started by Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus in 2005, a primary goal of the site was “in… Read more
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Public Choice should be on every economics syllabus
Published by the Daily Campus on January 29, 2021 The goal of economics should be to accurately describe human action. The point of the supply and demand graphs we pick up in ECON 101 is… Read more
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Mob Boss V.S. Warmonger: Analyzing the Dethroning of Liz Cheney
Recently, a slew of articles came out as Liz Cheney is expected to be ousted from House GOP leadership, as a result of her defiance from refusing to vote from Donald Trump. Donald Trump is… Read more
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Attacks on Free Speech are Undermining UConn’s Commitment to Diversity
I’d like to thank Professor Kenneth Gouwens for helping me edit this piece I authored a free speech petition ten days ago aimed at protecting student’s rights to free expression at the University of Connecticut,… Read more
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CTU Fellow Fights for Broader Free Speech Protection at UConn and Other Universities
Published at the AHA Foundation’s Website on March 24, 2021 Isadore Johnson is a free speech activist. A fellow of AHA Foundation’s campus program, Critical Thinking Unit, he believes that progression of thought is at… Read more
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Did Steven Pinker Just Cancel Cancel Culture?
Published in the Federalist July 20, 2020 https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/20/did-steven-pinker-just-cancel-cancel-culture/ Steven Pinker, the mild-mannered Harvard linguist, is the latest target of the online leftist mob. Known for advancing evolutionary psychology, the computational theory of mind, and more… Read more
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