The Economist Who Forgot Economics
Daron Acemoglu won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2024 and is the third most cited economist of all time. Thus, the paradox of his new book, What Happened to…
Daron Acemoglu won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2024 and is the third most cited economist of all time. Thus, the paradox of his new book, What Happened to…
Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal…
Sam Enright works on innovation policy at Progress Ireland, an independent policy think tank in Dublin, and runs a publication called The Fitzwilliam. Most relevant to us, on his personal…
I. Atlas Shrugged in Brazil In 1988, when I was 27 years old, I read Ayn Rand for the first time. It was her novel Atlas Shrugged, in its just-released…
How much is international trade costing Americans jobs? It turns out, not much. A major objection by protectionists is that international trade with other countries, especially low-wage countries, will undermine…
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The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday,…
The world is undergoing a transformation driven by the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI)—a pace of change unprecedented in human history. Consequently, many people fear massive unemployment, along with…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, believes that fear of a rising wave of progressives is paralyzing possible bipartisan work on permitting reform that would otherwise create fertile ground for collaboration. “That…
EXCLUSIVE: DHS General Counsel James Percival is turning a complaint from 128 former judges back on its signers, calling on the Florida Bar to scrutinize those among them who are…
A New Jersey school district is being sued over a policy allowing students to change their name and gender identity at school without notifying their parents. Under the School District…
The Trump administration proposed new regulations on Thursday to revoke the tax-exempt status of private schools and colleges if they use race in admissions, scholarships or other school-administered programs, the…
President Donald Trump’s top trade advisor, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, said Canada walked away from the “best deal in the world” after the nation declined to finalize a trade…
Vulcan Energy has laid out plans for a €1.26-billion second-phase lithium and geothermal project in Germany, as the company looks to replicate the development model being deployed at its flagship…
Big Tech is betting trillions of dollars on artificial intelligence, with a lot of that to be spent on building the data centers that would power large language models. Stock…