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Quit Worrying And Learn To Love Trade With China

Fretting over deficits and intellectual property will do no good and much harm.

Law Brett Kavanaugh Flunks His First Test As An Originalist

In his 2018 confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked by Sen.

If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?

Thanks to the overspending of Congress and successive presidential administrations, America’s debt totals $22 trillion, and it is projected to grow faster and larger in the years to come.

Choosing Smart Embryos Isn't Immoral

Let's say you're a fertility doctor advising would-be parents who have exactly two viable embryos ready for implantation. The parents want to implant only one embryo. This is not an uncommon scenario; more than 71,000 babies were born in the U.S. via assisted reproduction in 2016.

How Vietnam Gave Us C-SPAN

Brian Lamb, the network’s founder, is retiring after 40 years of putting cameras on Congress, hosting in-depth interviews, and creating an enduring home for diverse civil discourse.

When Did We Get So Scared of ‘Screen Time'?

The myth of brain rot from glowing rectangles.

What It Means To Be A Kid In The 21st Century

Free-range mom Lenore Skenazy talks with sociologist Frank Furedi about what it means to be a kid in the 21st century.

Teen Fiction Twitter Is Eating Its Young

“Cancel Culture” is out of control online.

Armless Droid Calls Cops After Being Assaulted By Drunken Man

The future of humanrobot relations is silly and sensible, not sinister.

The Search For A Place To Toke Up

DENVER HAS A bunch of businesses where you can legally buy marijuana but none where you can legally use it. That is supposed to change under a local ballot initiative approved by voters last fall. But a statewide solution to Colorado’s cannabis consumption conundrum has been derailed by fears of a federal crackdown.

The Democrats' Dullard Dynasty

As the pendulum swings against the GOP, an exhausted opposition looks to nothingburgers like Chelsea Clinton.

Cassandra Of The Crash

An inter view with former Dallas Fed researcher Danielle DiMar tino Booth

Giant Ziplock Baggies Full Of Lambs Are Going To Change Everything

IN APRIL, RESEARCHERS announced they had managed to keep several extremely premature lambs alive and growing in artificial wombs.

The Surprisingly Long History Of Private Space Exploration

America returns to its roots, thanks to philanthropists who are literally shooting for the stars.

Neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt On Alcohol, LSD, and Getting Sacked For His Findings

The British psychiatrist and neuropsychopharmacologist David Nutt had reached arguably the pinnacle of his field as chairman of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.

Health Care And The Politics Of Disruption

AT THE BEGINNING of May, the insurance giant Aetna announced that it would cease selling health coverage in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges entirely.

After The Martian, Andy Weir Goes To The Moon

In November, writer Andy Weir released a new novel, Artemis, about a settlement on the moon. His first book, The Martian, which you may remember from the blockbuster movie version starring Matt Damon, was powered by plot-driving engineering mishaps and triumphs. Artemis instead gave Weir a chance to unleash his inner “economics dork,” he says. This fall, Editor in Chief Katherine Mangu-Ward talked with the author about what he thinks the political economy of the moon would look like.

Goodbye, Millennials

Get off our lawn.

Don't Blame Pain Pills For The Opioid Crisis

CHRIS CHRISTIE, THE outgoing governor of New Jersey, has repeatedly told the story of a law school classmate who died of an overdose after getting hooked onoxycodone prescribed for back pain.

From Bork To Willett

Is the conservative legal movement going libertarian?

It's Time To Privatize The V.A.

And a lot of other government functions as well

Now Hiring: Teen Cigarette Narcs

FINDING A JOB as a 16-year-old can be a challenge.

Steve Forbes Talks Shop

A hundred years ago, financial columnist B.C. Forbes started an eponymous business magazine.

Oh, The Places They'll Go —If You Let Go

An economist’s guide to happier, more relaxed parenting

Ye Shall Know Them By Their Debt

DONALD TRUMP CERTAINLY knows how to drive the news cycle.

Global Trade Is Good For Small-Town Manufacturers

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is nothing if not a protectionist.

Making History Modern

When women bought retro futurism at $4.50 a yard

The FDA Warms To Vaping

IN JULY, THE Food and Drug Administration(FDA) extended the deadline for e-cigarette manufacturers to seek regulatory approval of their products.

Lionel Shriver Doesn't Care If You Hate Her Sombrero

The author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Mandibles pulls no punches when it comes to race, sex, or economics.

Safe Sex, Dangerous State

THE KIDS THESE days are incredibly lame.