An investigation of the long-run response to national differences in taxrates on labor income, payrolls, and consumption.

The term "political science" used to mean public policy studied not just as opinion but based on empirical, documentable evidence. Today it's come to mean something darker--the subversion of science in the hands of ideologues committed to manipulating public policy to their end. This new, and disheartening use of the...

The trade policies that President Obama outlined in his State of the Union Address undermine the strength of America's economy, and are the wrong way to react to the changing nature of trade.

One year after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy policy is moving in two opposite directions. While much of the world, led by Germany, is embracing caution and winding down nuclear energy ambitions, the US, Britain, France and Russia are poised to boost their nuclear estate.

The New York Times today reports rising concerns that the role of healthcare in fueling economic growth may be in jeopardy due to cuts contemplated in Medicare and Medicaid. This is old news for those who read my post a month ago. But today I want to focus on the implications of these trends for individual healthcare workers.

Identifying firms as too big to fail is a mad policy: It will signal to the world that the government will take steps to prevent the failure of these firms, giving them advantages in the marketplace.

Policymakers generally agree that reining in health spending is the key to stabilizing the country's economic future.They seem to dismiss the possibility that a budgeted health system can spur improvements in health care delivery.

All the rules that govern the technology sector are being rewritten by the industry's participants every six months or so. Does Washington really need to add new, top-down rules into that mix?