American Consequences - May 2018

School's out! For the summer... and maybe for good. It's clear that there's a bubble in education... from student loans, political correctness, and flawed science. How much bigger is this bubble going to get? And when will it pop? More in this issue of American Consequences...


Cover
1

Contents
3

Inside This Issue By Steven Longenecker
4

Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
6

What Moved the Market
10

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
12

From Our Inbox
14

The Smart Way to Save By Dr. David Eifrig
18

Betsy and the Blob By "Horace Mann"
22

Saving Education By Mitch Daniels
26

The Only Stocks I'll Teach My Kids To Buy By Porter Stansberry
34

The Unexpected Upside of a Homeschooled Education By Hannah Long
40

The Unexpected Upside of a Wall Street Education By Turney Duff
44

The Unexpected Upside of a Religious Education By Christine Rosen
48

An Unlikely Triumph By David Labaree
52

Un-Teaching Personal Responsibility By Alice B. Lloyd
64

The Social Sciences By Andrew Ferguson
70

My Lousy Education By P.J. O'Rourke
80

Why College Is a Waste of Money By Doug Casey
84

... And Schools Like to Make Dumb Decisions, Too
88

Lessons About Adventure Nerds By P.J. O'Rourke
90

Read This
96

The Final Word By Buck Sexton
98

Featured Contributors
102

17_May_2018_MAG_MOCK_06.pdf
1

Cover
1

Contents
3

Inside This Issue By Steven Longenecker
4

Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
6

What Moved the Market
10

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
12

From Our Inbox
14

The Smart Way to Save By Dr. David Eifrig
18

Betsy and the Blob By "Horace Mann"
22

Saving Education By Mitch Daniels
26

The Only Stocks I'll Teach My Kids To Buy By Porter Stansberry
34

The Unexpected Upside of a Homeschooled Education By Hannah Long
40

The Unexpected Upside of a Wall Street Education By Turney Duff
44

The Unexpected Upside of a Religious Education By Christine Rosen
48

An Unlikely Triumph By David Labaree
52

Un-Teaching Personal Responsibility By Alice B. Lloyd
64

The Social Sciences By Andrew Ferguson
70

My Lousy Education By P.J. O'Rourke
80

Why College Is a Waste of Money By Doug Casey
84

... And Schools Like to Make Dumb Decisions, Too
88

Lessons About Adventure Nerds By P.J. O'Rourke
90

Read This
96

The Final Word By Buck Sexton
98

Featured Contributors
102

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