Open Question: Is a college education worth the expense, including tuition, opportunity costs, debt obligation, etc.? "Using data from the expanded College Scorecard, this report ranks 4,500 colleges and universities by return on investment. A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges finds that bachelor’s degrees from private colleges, on average, have higher ROI than degrees from … Continue reading College Return-on-Investment (ROI)
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False Praise
Open Question: Why is false praise seen as so much less harmful than false criticism? "Presumably the reason we now allow suits for false defamation is that we see a net social harm there; others are liable to be misled, causing misallocations of resources and relations. In addition, resources may be wasted in back-and-forth defamation … Continue reading False Praise
