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Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead To World War III?

The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.

Goodbye, Obama

The outgoing president leaves a loaded gun in the Oval Office.

Democrats Defect From Obamacare

Meanwhile, the GOP learns to stop worrying and love Obama’s signature legislative victory.

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.

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.

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 Fragile Generation

BAD POLICY AND PARANOID PARENTING ARE MAKING KIDS TOO SAFE TO SUCCEED.

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.

Congress Passed The First Step Act. What's The Second Step?

In the waning days of the 115th Congress, the first major criminal justice bill in eight years was passed.

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

An economist’s guide to happier, more relaxed parenting

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.

Americans Should Impeach Presidents More Often

We don’t do it nearly enough.

The Twilight Of Asset Forfeiture?

2018 WAS A bad year for civil asset forfeiture, the infamous practice by which police can seize property even if the owner is not charged with a crime.

We Don't Need Soccer Moms - Or Dads, Or Coaches

BETWEEN THE TWO of them, Carlo Celli and Nathan Richardson—both language professors at Bowling Green State University in Ohio—have coached youth soccer for about 30 years.

Health Care ATE America

In 1960, six years before the start of Medicare and Medicaid, America spent about $27 billion on health care.