Entry-level positions long criticized as "dead-end jobs" deserve respect as stepping-stones to great success, as these jobs teach the basics of business to new workers.

A robust and just economy is one that offers a wide variety of jobs for the skilled and unskilled, for those starting out and those with deep experience.

I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article revises the title song of the movie, Urban Cowboy, to "Looking for better health [rather than either "love" or "love of equality"] in all the wrong places.

The Plundered Planet, by economist Paul Collier, offers a host of bold ideas regarding development economics and the environment, but ultimately fails to offer a convincing solution to climate change, as under current conditions, no such solution exists.

Coverage of two recent juicy business stories concentrated on the fall guys.

Press release/summary for the book In Our Hands, by Charles Murray.

This review of attitudinal data on work suggests that American workers are broadly satisfied with their jobs.

Americans are less inclined than Europeans to disparage entry-level work and, when they lose their jobs, are more willing to accept a cut in pay to avoid remaining unemployed.