You have to be able to hold in your mind two things about economist James M. Buchanan: He was a total loon: a strong believer in the de Maistrean trinity of Patriarchy, Orthodoxy, Autocracy as necessary for society—essential Noble Lies. a man who in 1970 wanted to shut down America’s universities as teachers of evil, … Continue reading Weekend Reading: James M. Buchanan (1970): The “Social” Efficiency of Education