In 2018, Democratic lawmakers in California created a new bureaucratic department, in part, to “close equity and achievement gaps” at higher education institutions in the state. Seven years later, a…
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On August 28, 2025, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the fourth-largest school district in the US, passed a $10.2 billion budget and is facing a $743 million deficit. Prior to the…
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The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors got a taste of The Apprentice treatment last week. On August 25, President Trump removed Lisa Cook from her position as a Fed governor.…
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Although conversations between economists are essential — sharpening our thinking, challenging assumptions, and refining concepts — it’s easy to forget just how intractable and unintuitive economics often appears to those…
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For the first time in Gallup’s 90-year polling history, a majority of Americans now view moderate alcohol consumption as bad for one’s health. Just 54 percent of American adults say…
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Although conversations between economists are essential — sharpening our thinking, challenging assumptions, and refining concepts — it’s easy to forget just how intractable and unintuitive economics often appears to those…
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For the first time in Gallup’s 90-year polling history, a majority of Americans now view moderate alcohol consumption as bad for one’s health. Just 54 percent of American adults say…
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The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors got a taste of The Apprentice treatment last week. On August 25, President Trump removed Lisa Cook from her position as a Fed governor.…
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The Great Enrichment refers to substantial improvements in well-being, driven by comparatively permissive, enlightened, and liberal attitudes towards experimentation and entrepreneurship. Such attitudes coalesced in western Europe, fostered innovation, and…
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Earth is going to hit “peak population” before the end of this century. Within 25 years, most of the world’s developed nations will be facing sharp population declines, with shrinking…