When the science police don't understand the science they are policing ...

History suggests diffusion matters as much as invention. Unlike earlier ”general-purpose technologies” that took decades to lift growth, early evidence suggests AI’s lag may be shorter. If so, Walmart ...

France, whose public finances have become unsustainable and whose politics have become dysfunctional, could pose an existential threat to the Euro. Being the Eurozone’s second-largest economy and ...

Although President Trump has been accused of “always chickening out,” he has not shied away from applying pressure on countries ranging from Iran to Venezuela. In recent months, however, Trump has ...

Rather than asking, "What's your p(doom)?" we should be asking, "Under what conditions does AI risk increase or decrease?" ...

On September 16, 2025, the Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on the purpose and use of the tax-exempt status widespread in the hospital sector. In this ...

Australia previous set and missed impossible targets for emissions reduction. The outcome for the 2035 emissions reduction targets will inevitably be the same as for the 2020 targets — a big miss. As ...

Baseball’s robot umpires may look like a narrow sports experiment. In fact, they are a parable for the economy at large: Technology pares back one craft, redistributes value, and leaves the real ...

The illegal vaping market now largely fills the demand from millions seeking safer cigarette substitutes. The FDA should let American businesses do that job.