Yglesias blogged about a study that found giving a poor kid a computer has no impact one way or another on their educational outcomes. Yglesias concludes from this null finding: I think this is an important finding because it helps shed some light on the socioeconomic disparities in educational outcomes. We know that kids from… Continue reading Giving a kid a computer is not the same as cash transfers
Author: Matt Bruenig
Policy Shop: Illegal Internship Season Is Upon Us
I have a new post at Policy Shop. Excerpt: By itself, this does not seem like a far fetched notion. Hands-on learning is valuable. I don’t think anyone would contest that. But if we are going to treat internships as an educational institution, then we have to ask ourselves whether they meet the standards we… Continue reading Policy Shop: Illegal Internship Season Is Upon Us
How Mondragon handles cooperative failures
This will be my last post about Making Mondragon, a book I have just read about the Mondragon cooperative complex (prior posts: I, II). I read the book hoping to clear up some confusions I had about how cooperative businesses could successfully handle certain problems. Here I address how Mondragon deals with cooperatives when they… Continue reading How Mondragon handles cooperative failures
Policy Shop: Ignore the Stock Market, the Economy Is Not Back
New post at policy shop. Excerpt: Of course the fixation on stocks is rather predictable. All sorts of people hold stock, but the wealthy especially. According to the 2010 Survey of Consumer Finances, while 17.9 percent of all families have stock holdings, 52.4 percent of those in the wealthiest 10 percent of families do so.… Continue reading Policy Shop: Ignore the Stock Market, the Economy Is Not Back
How Mondragon stops workers from selling out
I am reading Making Mondragon right now, trying to answer some questions I have about how a cooperative business can succeed. Earlier I posted about the way Mondragon handles the owner part of the worker-owner mix, which answered my question regarding how you can manage the problems caused by incoming and departing employees. Here I… Continue reading How Mondragon stops workers from selling out