Work – especially entrepreneurship – is viewed as an opportunity to author your own life, and large companies (and middle managers) are eager to grab hold of this concept, and this meme.

The question today is whether the innovation meme will soon require this sort of treatment – see this recent WSJ article, and this piece I wrote about the Successorization of Steve Jobs.

Last week, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) passed reauthorization in the Senate, but not before an amendment offered by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) lost quite narrowly (43-54).

Almost everything you hear at graduations - and read on the internet, and watch on television - focuses on the idea of work, especially entrepreneurship, as a means of self-expression and (to use the term from David Brooks) self-actualization.

Two months ago, the House adopted a budget resolution that outlines the Republican majority's ambitious plans to slow the growth of federal entitlement spending. If implemented properly, entitlement spending restraint can address the long-term fiscal imbalance in a way that promotes economic growth and freedom.

American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist  Roger Bate shares his expertise on counterfeit drug networks that pose a growing threat to combating diseases like malaria.

Some consumers and businesses might see a little extra cash this summer as a result of the 2010 health care law. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently reported an estimated $1.3 billion in rebates will be delivered from health insurers who spent more than the law allotted on administrative expenses and profits.

Roger Bate, author of the new book, “Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines,” has found some incredibly realistic -- and deadly -- fake medicines. Which are real and which are phony? See if you can tell the difference.