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  • The Man Who Created the German Economic Miracle

    The Man Who Created the German Economic Miracle0

    On April 2, 1948, Ludwig Erhard, a little-known economist who had opposed Nazism, was appointed Director of the Economic Council of Bizonia, the territory resulting from the merger of the British and American occupied territories in post-WWII Germany. Few suspected that, only two months later, he would unleash the power of free markets and trigger

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  • The Man Saving Childhood Joy

    The Man Saving Childhood Joy0

    Kids running around, playing games, staying out till the streetlights come on! That was Charles Brewer’s childhood — and dream. To make it happen in modern-day America, the entrepreneur developed Glenwood Park in Atlanta, a neighborhood that hewed to the tenets of “New Urbanism.” That meant it had “town houses, offices, retail, walkable streets, a

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  • The Man in the High Castle and the History That Never Was

    The Man in the High Castle and the History That Never Was0

    United States, 1962. It’s been 15 years since the Nazis dropped an atomic bomb on Washington D.C., forcing the US government to surrender to the Axis powers. The United States is now divided into two vast provinces, each of which is controlled by the two world-ruling empires: the Greater Nazi Reich and the Japanese Empire. This

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  • The Main Trait That Sets Vocational Students Apart From College Kids

    The Main Trait That Sets Vocational Students Apart From College Kids3

    When I graduated from high school a number of years ago, there were a few – but only a few – rumblings concerning the high cost of college and the need for a more sensible, cost-effective path to a career, such as that offered by apprenticeship. I was curious about this alternative, but found it

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  • The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic

    The Main Purpose of Education in a Republic0

    When it comes to education, it seems everyone has a different idea as to the best course of action: Do we keep Common Core or ditch it? Should we test more, or do we have too many tests already? Should they learn critical thinking or should they be taught to memorize facts? And on it

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  • The Main Goal of Schools is Not Education, It’s Conformity

    The Main Goal of Schools is Not Education, It’s Conformity1

    Over the weekend, I had an interesting chat with a friend about her daughter’s preschool program. She confessed to me that she couldn’t wait until the school year was over, for the preschool program dominated their lives. The schedule, she explained, interfered with other outside learning opportunities. At the same time, one of the main

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