Tag Archives: Social Capital

Immune Systems, Individual and Social

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Richard Heyduck

I listened to Russ Robert’s interview with Moises Valsquez-Manoff (on Econtalk) yesterday on my drive to pick up my daughter. The conversation was about recent studies showing the role increased hygiene plays in the rise of allergies and auto-immune diseases. … Continue reading →

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What About MOOCs?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

Academia is being shaken to its foundations. There’s the funding crisis: College costs have outpaced inflation for a generation now, and the states and the feds are beginning to grumble. Right next door is the debt crisis: students are graduating … Continue reading →

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