Hope springs eternal among policy makers in Europe’s beleaguered periphery. At five minutes to midnight in Athens, and with a bank run having started in Madrid, these policy makers cling to the forlorn hope that somehow Germany is going to relent on its strong opposition to euro bonds.

It's tempting to call the shameful taxpayer subsidy for electric cars - vehicles that are unaffordable for all but a small number of wealthy Americans - this nation's costly little secret.

Recent economic research suggests that colleges siphon off a significant portion of federal education aid rather than lowering costs to students

The UN's push for a "zero DDT world" ignores the millions of lives DDT has saved over the past century with little-to-no adverse environmental impact and no harm to human health.

In a just-published op-ed, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist Alex Brill sets forth two options to reduce health care costs in Illinois' Medicaid system. If enacted, these efforts would be a part of a broader reform effort which is necessary to avert dramatic cuts in the future.

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The American economy is experiencing a crisis in long-term unemployment that has enormous human and economic costs.