Between Safety and Security: The Policy Challenges of Transporting Toxic Inhalation Hazards
The transportation of hazardous materials is vital to the U.S. economy and inherently dangerous.
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The Truth Behind the Ryan Budget
As we head into the final weeks of the presidential election, the Romney campaign’s hopes remain fixed on the economy.
Obama’s Short-Run Fixes Neglect Long-Term Reform
Should voters blame President Barack Obama for America’s current economic malaise? The Mitt Romney campaign, hard as it tries, will find it difficult to convince moderates that Obama completely misha
Why the UK Must Reverse its Economic Course
It is the mark of science and perhaps rational thought more generally to operate with a falsifiable understanding of how the world operates. And so it is fair to ask of the economists a fundamental q
Over-Optimistic Official Forecasts in the Eurozone and Fiscal Rules
Why do countries find it so hard to get their budget deficits under control? Systematic patterns in the errors that official budget agencies make in their forecasts may play an important role.
Murders in Libya Point to Need for Wise Leaders in US
Yesterday’s tragic murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American diplomats in Libya illustrates the ever-present dangers for Americans in the volatile Middle East.
It’s the Syrians Who Will Pay for Murders of Americans in Libya
The murder of a US ambassador is a shocking event, so rare that the last time it happened the Russians were in Afghanistan.
Outside Intervention in Nonviolent Revolutions
The recent revolutions in Libya and Syria offer a bitter lesson: to generate outside intervention against a dictator, armed rebellion is more effective than even the most heroic nonviolence.
Are You Better Off Than You Were 4 Years Ago?
In the final week of the 1980 presidential campaign between Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican nominee Ronald Reagan, the two candidates held their only debate. Going into the Oct.
Never Say Never Again
There will be no politicians at the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. They are no longer invited.
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