Triple E Education
Random Reflections on Higher Education by a Dean on Sabbatical
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The economics of a draft
As a former military historian who has done a lot of reading about renewing the draft, this was an interesting take from the Freakonomics guys -
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/restore-the-draft-what-a-bad-idea/
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