Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith is a professor of economics and finance at Fresno Pacific University, and the author of Principles of a Free Society and Complexity, Competition, and Growth. He blogs at Open Borders: The Case (openborders.info).
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Competition and Free Thought: Friedman, Mill, and Educational Choice
DECEMBER 11, 2012 by NATHAN SMITH
Milton Friedman believed State-run schools strangled the productivity improvements to be had from competition; John Stuart Mill believed they strangled independence of thought. Both views have plenty of empirical support, says Nathan Smith.
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