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Academia in Anarchy: 50 years on

verfasst von: Joshua C. Hall

Erschienen in: Public Choice | Ausgabe 3-4/2020

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In 1970, James Buchanan and Nicos Devletoglou published Academia in Anarchy: An Economic Diagnosis. Even though the book focuses on the industry Buchanan worked in for nearly 70 years, it is the only one of his non-autobiographical, non-textbook, books not included in his collected works. I evaluate the arguments of Buchanan and Devletoglou in light of the past 50 years of scholarship on the economics of higher education.

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Consider the response to Merle Haggard’s song “Okie from Muskogee”, which was released after Buchanan and Devletoglou wrote their book, but before it was published. It was a number one country single for 4 weeks. In the song, Haggard points out that not every college was disrupted by protests: “Football’s still the roughest thing on campus and the kids there still respect the College Dean”.

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Titel: Academia in Anarchy: 50 years on
verfasst von: Joshua C. Hall
Publikationsdatum: 06.03.2020
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Public Choice / Ausgabe 3-4/2020
Print ISSN: 0048-5829
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7101
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-020-00793-7

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