Division of labor has worked wonders for the production of clothing, computers, and automobiles — but it doesn't have the same transformational effect on productivity in teaching, a new study by economist Roland G. Fryer Jr., finds. (gse.harvard.edu)
So today's Beckian anti-progressives — and today's radical liberals — probably make too big a deal out of the transformational effects of the New Deal and the Great Society. (firstthings.com)
Signed into law by Bill Clinton (probably his greatest act) and drafted by Newt Gingrich's Republican Congress, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996) has had a transformational effect on American welfare. (conservativehome.blogs.com)