The common-sense use of the term "addiction" is that regular consumption is irresistible and that it creates problems. Caffeine use does not fit this profile.

In 2011, the United States’s sleepy free trade agenda finally got a shot of caffeine, but if the U.S. wants to seriously bolster its economy in 2012, policymakers ought to anchor their boats to the quay of an aggressive free trade agenda.

Congress is set to pass three bilateral trade agreements that would generate substantial job and export growth in an economy that sorely needs both. And while boosting exports by an estimated $13 billion and jobs by 380,000 won't by themselves turn the economy around, their passage could set the stage for much larger gains in years to come.

While President Barack Obama goes on about the success of his economic stimulus, the latest policy developments suggest Democrats are finally backing away from his radical Keynesianism.

The costs to society - economically and socially - from setting policies based on fear rather than science are significant. The fear of synthetic chemicals diverts our focus and drains public funds from addressing documented dangers.

Want to get people to quit smoking? Give them more ways to get nicotine.

The Right should ask itself why what was called "the Reagan Revolution" twenty-five years ago is being apparently swept away with such ease by President Obama.

This paper describes electric power transmission access, pricing, and investment policies in the United States over the last fifteen years and evaluates the current state of those policies.