David Friedman

The Economic Root of Low Test Scores

Reports that 88% of California's 6,700 elementary, middle and high schools failed to meet the state's Academic Performance Index (API) goals stirred new calls for reform.… more

David Friedman | Los Angeles Times | March 23, 2000

The Dot-Com Obsession Warping the U.S. Economy

It was inevitable that America's dot-com economy would gobble up Super Bowl advertising. Adoring media have wildly overblown both of them. Each somehow induces political leaders… more

David Friedman | Los Angeles Times | February 6, 2000