“...which likewise make me wonder if the economics profession has failed to educate the public in the most elementary economic lessons.”
Don’t beat yourself up, Dr. Sowell.
It’s OUR fault that we’ve ALLOWED the LibTards to compromise education from Pre-school through College where they have thoroughly succeeded in the dumbing down of the Electorate and in keeping them on the Democratic Plantation.
I have NO idea how to turn this around other than more Charter Schools (which ALSO have their problems) and more Home Schooling...or, in my case, DAILY deprogramming over home work and around the Family Supper Table.
I did the best I could, but *I* released three of them (kids) into the wild; and we can’t even agree on sports teams, let alone politics!
*SIGH*
Well said, Diana! Bumpity Bump.