Monthly Archives: September 2013

This is a lively Facebook debate on the relationship between unions and unemployment. The comments are in response to an article reporting on the death of an adjunct college professor, who died from heart attack, while being paid $25,000 without health … Continue reading →

I will devote this post to some reflections on the event I had attended, sponsored by the Penn Social Science and Policy Forum and the Penn Institute for Urban Research. The topic was titled “Bankrupt: Lessons from the Detroit Fiscal … Continue reading →

The public education system in the city of Philadelphia is on the verge of collapse. 3,783 school district employees and teachers had been laid off back in May 2013, 24 schools were closed (8 were shut down the previous year), … Continue reading →