Bad things can come in small packages. The latest exhibit is a recently proposed regulation of the Internet.
Before Congress creates a new entity that adds to the alphabet soup of regulatory bodies in Washington, it should take a good, long look in the mirror.
Contrary to protectionist rhetoric, U.S. firms that create employment abroad also help the domestic job market.
Worldwide, investors are watching where the United States is headed, and it seems they do not like what they see.
The United States has been a magnet for the world’s talent for decades. That may be changing now.
Availability of technology alone cannot compensate for the absence of enabling institutions in a society.
Christian Science Monitor
February 13, 2009
In this economy, cap-and-trade is just too risky.
In this economy, cap-and-trade is just too risky.
The legal fallout in India after the Satyam scandalshould notmimic the United Statesafter Enron.
To understand what is driving inequality in America, it helps to study the founder of Google.
Are higher rates of college attendance really a good thing?
There is a great deal of confusion aboutneoconservatives.Ben Wattenberg's most recent book explains that theyare not by instinct or temperament skeptical of change.
Whatever the motivation for a windfall profits tax, the historical and economic recordreminds us that such taxes will cause long-term harm that overwhelms short-term good.
Three entrepreneurs are hoping to combat the world’s worst environmental and humanitarian crisis.
Not too many years ago, it seemed that fast-moving technology would happily put the government's top communications regulator out of business. Why has that not happened?
According to David Andelman,the roots of many twentieth- and twenty-first-century world conflicts lie in the flawed Versailles peace process.
India's continued rise on the global stage depends on reform and advance in the retail sector.
Will your cell phone camerasoon be abletell you all about a product?
How the financial press may have gotten the quant story wrong.
A new book says that immigration restrictions are economically stupid, politically unsustainable, and morally wrong.
A web-based firm started by Nobel Prize-winning economist William Sharpe is trying to help small investors.
An interview with Paul Collier, author of The Bottom Billion.
In defense of a carbon tax.
A Michigan congressman has engineered legislation designed to stunt potentially massive federal tax increases.
A new book provides a rich and insightful account of the life of Joseph Schumpeter.
The smartest college kids are rushing to major in economics. Microsoft is trying to lure them back to computer science.
Why do American voters hold and cherish irrational beliefs on politics and economics?
An interview with Thomas K. McCraw on Schumpeter's work and influence.
Why do peoplenot take risks and start new businesses?
Americans respond well to institutional and rhetorical prompts toward entrepreneurship.
John Maynard Keynes was the inspiration for today's corporate social responsibility advocates.
The Democrats are raining on the free trade parade.
Serious discussions are now underway in Washington and other capitals about making the emission of greenhouse gases, such as those from heavy manufacturing industries, very costly.
A review of Philip F. Schewe's The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World.
The Science of Success provides people who care deeply about business and politics withsomething important to think about.
Three companies have separately developed promising high-tech implants to reverse blindness. It is still early, but the results are pretty spectacular.
Los Angeles Times
June 1, 2004
Ifdrug activistsare successful in degrading patent rights, many lives will be lost.
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