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Here’s one for the next time you have to endure a “Real American” waxing about old mother Reagan. Note that in the golden years of American capitalism, when the top federal tax bracket was hovering around 90%, the federal government paid its bills. Via Barry Ritholtz.

This article on Reverse Brain Drain got me thinking about the disconnect between political discourse and concrete realities, especially as it relates to international comparisons of education systems. One of the key message frames employed by our public intellectuals to justify all manner of education reforms is the idea of global competition from nations such [...]