tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2109151779017340401..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Tyler Cowen on the Asian Student Admissions QuestionRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-39343820541764981642018-06-17T21:34:15.038-04:002018-06-17T21:34:15.038-04:00He thinks this won’t be epochal, but the number of...He thinks this won’t be epochal, but the number of Asian students at Ivy’s will quintuple in the next 5 years. <br /><br />Some rich second gen Asian lawyer will get this to the SCOTUS and even Kagan will be forced to capitulate, narrowly. <br /><br />Affirmative action is dead because of this. RDF2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14340534647561133098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-38658621568659079852018-06-17T19:33:01.423-04:002018-06-17T19:33:01.423-04:00I shared a row on a plane to NYC with an Asian fem...I shared a row on a plane to NYC with an Asian female student. Her major was econ!! She went to Pace!! She didn't know Joe Salerno!! I BEGGED for her to look him up and wrangle herself into his classes. I don't know how it went. But the fact that she went to Pace and DIDN'T know Joe??? Not good.<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63281444134121936402018-06-17T18:54:53.615-04:002018-06-17T18:54:53.615-04:00So Cowen thinks that institutions shouldn't ca...So Cowen thinks that institutions shouldn't calculate what is going to bring in the future income streams that keep the organization viable? Or they can do the calculation, but they're not allowed to act on it unless it makes Cowen happy? <br /><br />Cowen is a planner at heart. (also, Mason is so "diverse" because it's in the pit of international parasitism, aka Fairfax Principled Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229735032274089683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20101630522220100682018-06-17T18:45:28.470-04:002018-06-17T18:45:28.470-04:00Sounds a lot like the typical American student to ...Sounds a lot like the typical American student to me, minus the being good at math part.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-54672955069223827342018-06-17T14:47:38.600-04:002018-06-17T14:47:38.600-04:00Started my masters in econ at Georgia Tech a few y...Started my masters in econ at Georgia Tech a few years ago, I was the only white male, 95% were Chinese. I ran out of cash and didn't finish, but it was a real interesting experience. One professor ran a small circle of students who read and discussed Hayek and some other free market economists. This is not long after the financial trouble in the US. The Chinese students had no grasp of the AJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18199742607749169526noreply@blogger.com