Daily Archives for 8 June 2020


A Myopic View of the Purpose of Education

In yesterday’s New York Times, Cornell University economist Robert H. Frank presents a myopic view of the purpose of education to argue–from the premise of a false dichotomy–that “skepticism about remote instruction’s future may be premature.” To set the groundwork for his argument, Frank proposes: Consider this thought experiment. Which would you choose: An online […]