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Freedom

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Only Solution to Academic Freedom Is the Creation of New Institutions

Neil believes that the only solution to the problem of dying academic freedom is the creation of new institutions with a different DNA. He most emphatically does not believe that the existing institutions can be reformed from within. John Cochrane who opened the conference gave a later talk in which he made three key points. The first is that the progressive left has made a concerted effort to capture key institutions because convincing voters has proven to be too difficult. And it's important in such an endeavor to have apocalyptic nonsense that you make people repeat over and over again.

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