Hubbard and Duggan make the case that current foreign aid and Third World projects--particularly in Africa--aren't working and that the developed world must rethink how it allots aid money.

In the last twenty-four hours, disorder has engulfed England. Prosperous boroughs in the capital now resemble war zones, as mobs continue to overwhelm police and loot stores.

Only the implementation ofa Marshall Plan with an eye toward business development can bring sub-Saharan Africa out of economic futility.

A recent paper by Mark Duggan and Melissa Kearney found that participation in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which offers a monthly stipend to individuals who prove that they cannot work, leads to a significant and persistent reduction in the probability that a child lives in poverty. The disability...

The rapid growth of Disability Insurance does not appear to be from a true rise in disabling illness, but rather from policies that increased the subjectivity of the disability screening process.

The author examines foreign policy issues in the United States.

The U.S. Navy names its ships and submarines after presidents and states of the union, admirals and senators, even species of fish and mountain ranges. But every once in a while a ship, usually a destroyer, is named after ordinary persons or people for displaying extraordinary courage and sacrifice. One such ship was named this weekend, the USS Michael P Murphy.

Drug prices have recently become less expensive with the spread of generic versions, but Medicaid support seems to make drugs more expensive.