Breaking windows will stimulate the economy, according to a leading public pension advocacy group. Skeptical? The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) has not literally endorsed breaking windows, but a report recently published by the organization relies on the same economic fallacy.According to NIRS-whose membership consists principally of...

The evidence is clear that lifting the top rates will hamper the business investment upon which our nation's prosperity depends, which affects all Americans, not just 3 percent.

Turnarounds are not a scalable strategy for fixing America's troubled urban school systems, and the Obama administration needs to take a different approach.

China's currency undervaluation has been a major concern for many Americans, especially for those concerned about what jobs will be available in the future.

Calling what has happened over the past two years a "perfect storm" treats problems in financial markets as if they were imposed from outside by a force of nature.

The Amazon's indigenous groups regularly embrace technology, formal education, and modern health care. Yet Western NGOs prefer a romanticized caricature.

A society that entrenches the virtues of entrepreneurial vitality and individual responsibility is not best achieved by increasing the numbers of legislators explicitly opposed to market-minded reform.

What is the outlook for renewable energy in electricity generation--particularly wind and solar power--as a substitute for such conventional fuels as coal and natural gas?