Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“Stiglitz apparently believes that when the government places conditions or strings on a taxpayer-funded grant to a university group that prohibits it from discussing or promoting certain positions, this constitutes an attack on the ‘freedom’ of the group or the academic freedom of the university itself. But that’s ridiculous because no one is forcing the group or the university to take the money. The group and the university are free to say: ‘We don’t agree with your conditions or ‘strings’ and, therefore, we are not going to take your money,’ in which case they are free to teach and discuss anything they want.” (05/15/25)
https://www.fff.org/2025/05/15/josephs-stiglitzs-strange-concept-of-freedom/