Doing What Comes Naturally: Economic Growth
Boston is a center of high-tech industry because it is a good place for it, not because politicians and academics tried to make it one.
Author Profile
Jay Schalin
Jay Schalin joined the Martin Center in August 2007. A Philadelphia native, he began his writing career as a freelance journalist for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and wrote for several other papers in New Jersey and Delaware. Schalin has a B.S. in computer science from Richard Stockton College in New Jersey and an M.A. in economics from the University of Delaware.His articles have appeared in Forbes, the Washington Times, Fox News Online, U.S. News and World Report, Investor's Business Daily, Human Events, and American Thinker. His op-eds have been published by the McClatchy News Service and the Raleigh News & Observer. He has been interviewed on ESPN, National Public Radio, and UNC-TV, and his work has been featured on ABC News and Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor.
Schalin is a member of the National Association of Scholars and is on the Board of Directors for the Academy of Philosophy and Letters.
Articles by Jay Schalin
Before Google, Apple, and Intel: The Real Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s transformation to a hi-tech Mecca happened more by random events than by design, and was a long time in the making.
Misunderestimating Duke’s Hookup Culture
Duke University’s president demonstrates cluelessness with a lukewarm attempt to halt the school’s “rich kids gone wild” image.
A Conversation on Innovation with a “Master Inventor”
A computer engineer with over seventy patents to his credit discusses the nature of innovation, universities, and “the next big thing.”
Inquiring Minds Ought to Know
UNC-Chapel Hill’s denial of a request for lists of professors’ publications highlights a need for greater transparency and legal clarity.
The Potemkin Enrollment Policy
Like the infamous Russian village, UNC’s newly proposed enrollment policy is all facade and no substance.
True Believers
UNC-Chapel Hill’s chancellor and his faculty co-author have extraordinary faith that the university can and should solve our problems, whether we want it to or not.
Growing Pains
The difficult economy means that the UNC system’s aggressive growth policy is likely to come to an abrupt halt.
A Rule Made to Be Broken
Barely a month after the UNC system ignored its own self-imposed tuition cap, it is proposing another one.
In With the In-Crowd
Erskine Bowles’ replacement as president of the UNC system shares his North Carolina establishment insider status.