Is The Bakken Housing Boom A Bubble, Or A Good Long-Term Investment?
For a while now I've been wondering if we have a housing bubble in North Dakota. I definitely think we've...
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The Cost Of Student Loans Must Go Up
Last month House Republicans passed legislation which would tie interest rates on student loans to US Treasury notes, with a...
Half Of College Graduates Working Jobs That Don't Require Degrees
I graduated from high school a little over ten years ago, and what I remember of my discussions with teachers...
Guest Post: North Dakota's Overbuilt Hotel Industry A Separate Conversation From Permanent Housing
Recently, I read an article on SayAnythingBlog.com that was full of consternation over whether North Dakota is inflating its own...
Are We In The Middle Of An Ethanol Bubble?
The 2007 U.S. energy bill mandated that a total of 15 billion gallons of renewable ethanol must be produced by...
Higher Ed's Problem: They Keep Charging More For Something Worth Less
College degrees are declining in value, but you don't have to take this conservative critic of higher education's word for...
Feds File Suit Against Agency That Downgraded US Credit Rating
Last year Standard & Poor made headlines by downgrading the US credit limit. The Obama administration wasn't happy, and now...
Are $10,000 Degrees The Answer To The Higher Education Bubble?
The cost of a degree has exploded over the last several decades, growing faster than even problem areas like the...
North Dakota's University System Could Learn Something From Purdue And Mitch Daniels
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is taking over as the president at Purdue University, and he's already making some waves....
As Price Of College Goes Up, Value Of A College Education Drops
This is what happens when government promotes something like higher education with subsidies in the form of "easy money" government...
