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GMU profs stand up to Koch
Posted by: hayek ()
Date: June 06, 2016 08:15AM

Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok have courage.

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“It’s probably not a good idea” for Mercatus to publish work on a carbon tax, he said, because of the center’s connection to Koch, who opposes one. Still, Cowen added, “I’ve written things promoting a carbon tax.”
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Alex Tabarrok presented a paper on the relationship between government regulation and American entrepreneurship. He had expected to find that regulations chill entrepreneurship in highly regulated sectors. Instead, he found that they appear to have no effect at all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/03/inside-charles-kochs-200-million-quest-for-a-republic-of-science/

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Re: GMU profs stand up to Koch
Posted by: student ()
Date: June 06, 2016 10:51AM

Tyler Cowen doesn’t always stand his ground.
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Cowen said he scurried out of the room in fear for his life and was chased down hallways into a women’s bathroom, where he tried to barricade the door.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/tyler-cowens-attacker-thought-the-professor-was-controlling-his-mind-cowen-testifies/2014/04/29/a4c5b9f4-cfb9-11e3-b812-0c92213941f4_story.html
If he had been carrying ...

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Re: GMU profs stand up to Koch
Posted by: Headlines ()
Date: June 06, 2016 01:27PM

Headline: University professor writes article in support of provider of grant he received.

Details at never.

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