A perfectly functioning market is a beautiful thing. It’s also vanishingly rare, the New York Times reports. The main work of economists is figuring out how to make markets function well when the messy, real world intrudes on our textbooks’ elegant models.
The pandemic, unfortunately, provides instructive examples of markets that are failing in predictable and harmful ways. The failures are particularly glaring in dozens of college towns across the United States that are coronavirus hot spots.
how-colleges-are-growth-centers-for-the-pandemic
Latest posts by eSchool Media Contributors (see all)
- A bungled FAFSA rollout threatens students’ college ambitions - April 19, 2024
- Using real-world tools to prepare students for the workforce - April 18, 2024
- 8 top trends in higher education to watch in 2024 - April 16, 2024