“Americans spend too much on health care.” “We have worse health outcomes than our European counterparts.” Talking points such as these helped drive President Obama’s controversial and sweeping health care reform into law two years ago. But are they accurate?

At this book forum Daniel B. Botkin discussed his book, "Powering the Future: A Scientist's Guide to Energy Independence" (FT Press April 2010).

Philip Babcock and Mindy Marks explore a decrease in the time spent studying on college campuses and its implications for students' future success.

The spectrum of environmental policy challenges—from climate change to nuclear waste storage to coastal shoreline erosion—depend on sophisticated forecasting and modeling techniques. How sound and reliable are our environmental models? What are the inherent limits of environmental science when attempting to forecast the future under different policy regimes? Are there...

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) will discuss his ideas on how to provide affordable, clean energy for Americans.

Claims of a medical malpractice crisis stem in large part from recent increases in malpractice insurance rates, with premiums for some individual doctors set in the hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Most doctors, actuaries, and insurance officials attribute these costs to the lack of caps on liability awards....

The OECD has undertaken a statistical analysis of the determinants of health and the relative efficiency of the health care systems of OECD member countries.

American hospitals have undergone substantial changes in the last quarter-century due to changes in medical technology, changes in payment policies by Medicare and other third-party payers, and new forms of competition from outpatient care and specialty hospitals. Still, the future of the hospital sector is a major issue in all...