A is for Average: footnotes from Chapter 1

2) Here’s the link to a pdf that articulates the free-market perspective against having a public school system. And here’s a link to an article summarizing Milton Friedman’s view of school choice.

3) Here’s the link to the article in Wired magazine that articulates the Libertarian case against having a public school system.

4) Here’s the link to the Upward Mobility Initiative. There’s a lot of good content on this site linking public school quality to upward mobility.

5) Here’s the link to the CA Department of Education’s page on homeless youth in the public school system.

6) Here’s the link to the Brookings Institution article on the economics of education. It’s a very good read.

7) Here’s the link to the pdf titled “Mainstream Science on Intelligence: An Editorial With 52 Signatories, History, and Bibliography”. It lists 25 statements considered mainstream within the field; I drew principally from statements 4, 8, and 14.

8) Here’s the link to the Hamilton Project’s piece “Eleven facts about innovation and patents.” It’s a good read, worth your time if you have an interest in innovation in a general sense.

9) Here’s the link to a nice chart of patents by country in 2020, courtesy of the OECD.

10) Here’s the link to the Wikipedia page with Nobel prizes by country.