Category Archives: Money Matters

Do We Need Tax Reform?

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Doug Bennett

Do we need tax reform? If so what should it look like? Why do we need ‘reform’ and what should our goals be in changing the federal tax system? These questions should be uppermost in our minds as we digest … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Exploding College Costs

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Doug Bennett

March 10, 2015 “And, of course, there is the cost,” writes Joe Nocera in a New York Times column in which he extols Kevin Carey’s new book, The University of Everywhere, an imagining of how college could be in the future. … Continue reading →

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Coaches First

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Doug Bennett

May 13, 2013 What do we value? Sometimes a picture does tell it all. Last week, Reuben Fischer-Baum at Deadspin produced this graphic asking Is Your State’s Highest-Paid Employee A Coach? (Probably). The uniformity tells you something very powerful is … Continue reading →

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Should Everyone Go To College?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Doug Bennett

May 10, 2013 Or perhaps this should be titled “College Costs: the Dishonest Conversation (3)” (see below). Must reading this week is a report from The Brookings Institution by Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill titled Should Everyone Go To College?  … Continue reading →

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Governance of Nonprofit Colleges and Universities

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Doug Bennett

April 14, 2013 In Friday’s New York Times, health economist Uwe Reinhardt writes a column about “The Governance of Nonprofit Hospitals.” He comments on the recent, much discussed, article by Steven Brill in Time magazine entitled “Bitter Pill: Why Medical … Continue reading →

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