A Blue State Bailout In Disguise
Last Thursday, the president urged Congress to pony up roughly $200 billion in taxpayer money to "provide more jobs for teachers [and] more jobs for construction workers" and more money to carry out o
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Preventing the Next Fukushima
While this year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant, the worst since Chernobyl in 1986, was caused by the one-two punch of a huge earthquake followed by an immense tsunami—a disaster unlikel
Rick Perry, Rising or Shooting Star?
The big story of the GOP presidential race these days is how Gov. Rick Perry has suddenly burst into the sky as a new star.
Why a Rebel Victory in Libya is Better than a Negotiated Settlement
Following months of fighting to defeat Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Libya’s rebels are steadily consolidating power following their victory.
Mr. President, We Need a 10-Year Plan
We need not a one-year but a 10-year commitment to rebuilding the country. President Obama’s jobs speech focused where it needed to—but it is only a start. America is underperforming.
Payroll-Tax Cut Is the Working Part of Jobs Plan: Edward Glaeser
In response to our sputtering economy, President Barack Obama presented a new stimulus package last week, hopefully titled the American Jobs Act. More than half of the plan’s $447 billion cost comes
Making Democratic-Governance Work: The Consequences for Prosperity
Does democratic governance expand wealth and prosperity?
Civil Society, Public Action and Accountability in Africa
This paper examines the potential role of civil society action in increasing state accountability for development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Costs of America’s Choices
America's last 10 years might be called “The Decade the Locusts Ate." A nation that started with a credible claim to lead a second American century lost its way after the terrorist attacks of Sept.
Still Vulnerable in 2011
Terror attacks on innocent people have continued around the world since 11 September 2001, but not on the scale of the 2001 attack on the United States, which claimed more than 2500 lives.
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