Quite possibly. (In one iteration, Mr. Coleman's piece was even published under the heading "Fire More Professors"!) Even putting aside Mr. Coleman's weird focus on me (I'm not the one possibly being fired, it's the folks at KCL, and they're really and correctly incensed!), it apparently doesn't occur to this market fundamentalist that in a functioning market economy governed by the rule of law people correctly feel entitled to that which they were led to believe they were entitled to. (Mr. Coleman gives a passing nod to promises, but observes, with characteristic penetrating insight, that they can be broken sometimes. Why this time? Apparently because the Market God Mr. Coleman worships demands it.) The U.K. may not have de jure tenure, but it has had de facto tenure for the past quarter-century, which is why everyone, other than Mr. Coleman, has been shocked by the recent actions at KCL--together, of course, with the fact that while claiming the need to cut costs, the KCL administration is also spending lots of money on other things, including administrators, as has been pointed out. And why firings, rather than other cost-saving measures (e.g., furloughs)? But all of this is lost on Mr. Coleman. The Mises Institute is a weird outfit, as is well-known, but Lew Rockwell and others associated with it do sometimes write some interesting material. But nonsense like this shows they really need a bit more editorial, indeed grown-up, oversight.
UPDATE: Just to be clear, I included Mr. Coleman's institutional affiliation for identification purposes only, since "Daniel Coleman" is a not uncommon name. I have no reason at all to think anyone else at Catholic University, faculty or student, shares his silly and reprehensible views on the KCL fiasco.
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