American Consequences - May 2018

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MAY 2018 : ISSUE 11

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AMERICAN CONSEQUENCES

4 Inside This Issue

48 The Unexpected Upside of a Religious Education BY CHRISTINE ROSEN

BY STEVEN LONGENECKER

6 Letter From the Editor BY P.J. O’ROURKE

Editor in Chief: P.J. O’Rourke Editorial Director: Carli Flippen Managing Editor: Steven Longenecker Contributing Editors: Doug Casey, Turney Duff, Dr. David Eifrig, Andrew Ferguson, David Labaree, Alice B. Lloyd, Hannah Long, “Horace Mann,” Christine Rosen, Buck Sexton, Porter Stansberry Newswire Editors: Scott Garliss, John Gillin, Greg Diamond Assistant Editors: Chris Gaarde, Laura Greaver Creative Director: Erica Wood Cartoon Director: Frank Stansberry Contributing Cartoonists: Hank Blaustein General Manager: Jamison Miller Advertising: Sam DeCroes, Jared Kelly, Jill Peterson Editorial feedback: feedback@ americanconsequences.com

52 An Unlikely Triumph BY DAVID LABAREE

10 What Moved the Market

64 Un-Teaching Personal Responsibility BY ALICE B. LLOYD

12 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

14 From Our Inbox

70 The Social Sciences

BY ANDREW FERGUSON

18 The Smart Way to Save BY DR. DAVID EIFRIG 22 Betsy and the Blob BY “HORACE MANN”

80 My Lousy Education BY P.J. O’ROURKE

84 Why College Is a Waste of Money BY DOUG CASEY 88 ... And Schools Like to Make Dumb Decisions, Too 90 Lessons About Adventure Nerds BY P.J. O’ROURKE

26 Saving Education

BY MITCH DANIELS

34 The Only Stocks I’ll Teach My Kids To Buy BY PORTER STANSBERRY 40 The Unexpected Upside of a Homeschooled Education BY HANNAH LONG 44 The Unexpected Upside of a Wall Street Education BY TURNEY DUFF

96 Read This

98 The Final Word

BY BUCK SEXTON

102 Featured Contributors

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