The US Census Bureau has a 220-year record of not abusing the public trust. So why go after the agency now, as the recent House…
Critics of President Obama and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are rarely in alliance, but it happened this week as Egypt’s Mohammed Morsi was…
With the Supreme Court's thunderbolt, a crucial battle is over on health care, but the war surely goes on. Or does it?
There has been a…
Any solution to the Eurozone crisis must meet two objectives. One is short run and the other is long run. Unfortunately they tend to…
I am very proud to receive an honorary degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Being my first degree…
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decrease in the rate of income convergence across U.S. states.
This decline coincides with a…
This collection of essays by Sheila Jasanoff explores how democratic governments construct public reason, that is, the forms of evidence…
Do CEOs of State-Owned Enterprises Matter? Evidence from Brazil, 1973-1993. Aldo Musacchio, June 26, 2012, Paper. "We study if…
There will be no dramatic moment of closure on the era of Muhammad Hosni al-Sayyid Mubarak, the man who ruled and misruled Egypt for 30…
This is hardly a week when we need to be reminded that judges and, in particular, Supreme Court justices, have a profound impact on…