This summer on Planet Money Summer School, we're learning about political economy.
We're getting into the nitty gritty of what government does with things like trade,
taxes, immigration and healthcare.
So politics and economics, which are taught separately, they shouldn't be separated at all.
I think you have to understand one to really appreciate the other.
So what is the right amount of government in our lives?
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Lawyers for Harvard University and the Trump administration will face off in federal court today over federal funding research grants.
As NPR's Alyssa Lautnerny reports,
the nation's oldest university is arguing that the government's freeze of more than $2 billion in grants and contracts is illegal and should be reversed.
In court documents,
Harvard's attorneys argue the federal funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration threatened vital research in medicine,
science, and technology.
The school's lawsuit aims to block the Trump administration from withholding federal funding,
quote, as leverage to gain control of academic decision-making at Harvard, unquote.
The government said it froze the funding
because Harvard violated federal civil rights law by failing to address anti-Semitism on campus,
and that federal money is a privilege.
not an entitlement.