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George Leef

Email: georgeleef@popecenter.org

George Leef is director of research for the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy. He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Carroll College (Waukesha, WI) and a juris doctor from Duke University School of Law. He was a vice president of the John Locke Foundation until the Pope Center became independent in 2003. Prior to joining the Locke Foundation, he was president of Patrick Henry Associates, a consulting firm in Michigan dedicated to assisting others in advocating free markets, minimal government, private property, and individual rights. He has served as book review editor of The Freeman, an educational free market magazine published by the Foundation for Economic Education, since 1997, and has published numerous articles in The Freeman, Reason, The Free Market, Cato Journal, The Detroit News, Independent Review, and Regulation.


Articles by George Leef

(1.19.10) College Administrators, Selfless? Not So Fast
RALEIGH — We should think of college administrators, public or private, as no different than other self-interested decisionmakers.

(10.02.09) Is Obama Repeating a Napoleonic Blunder?
RALEIGH -- Sometimes aggressive rulers bite off more than they can chew.

(9.25.09) Is Obama Repeating a Napoleonic Blunder?
The president could learn some lessons from the dictator’s decision to invade Spain.

(8.18.09) Study Explains Ever-Escalating Cost Spiral in Higher Education
RALEIGH — If a doctor is going to cure a disease, he first has to have a sound diagnosis. In that spirit, Robert E. Martin has written a paper for the Pope Center, “The Revenue-to-Cost Spiral in Higher Education,” that analyzes the cost disease of the higher education system.

(5.08.09) No Stimulus Necessary for College Education
The president relies on questionable data to suggest more people need university classes.

(12.18.08) Historian Recounts Critical Role of Black Fraternal Orders in the South
RALEIGH — One of the goals of the Pope Center and the North Carolina History Project is to bring to campuses ideas and information that have been neglected. That happened in November when the organizations sponsored a lecture by University of Alabama history professor David Beito. He spoke at St. Augustine’s College, North Carolina Central, N.C. State, and Campbell University.

(10.23.08) The Curse of Visionary Politicians
Look closely at a national crisis, and you'll likely find evidence of government meddling.

(10.17.08) The Curse of Visionary Politicians
Most of our country’s worst crises can be traced to some politicians’ bright ideas.

(9.11.08) Extending the Pro-Choice Principle to Union Representation
There's no good reason to force workers to join a union. It's odd that many voters who claim to be "pro-choice" fail to apply their logic to union representation.

(9.05.08) Why Aren’t Democrats Pro-Choice About Unions?
Many self-proclaimed pro-choice voters want to limit workers' choices in selecting or rejecting collective bargaining units.

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