Since the Great Depression, lobbying by farmers has proved particularly lucrative but has threatened to detach agricultural production from the objective of efficiently producing food for consumers. Today, farm policy consists of an array of subsidies, regulations, spending programs, and land-use restrictions which are widely blamed for the increased cost...

What do North Carolina citizens need to know about climate change policy and the global warming debate?

The authorsanalyze the best available economic data and conclude that American consumers--particularly the less affluent--have benefited tremendously from Wal-Mart's "everyday low prices."

No environmental problem is more important than that posed by the degradation of our cities, and we must reflect on the factors that might prevent or reverse the decay that we are witnessing. In urban planning, civic leaders should think in terms of fostering beauty through the use of aesthetic constraints.

Press release/summary for the book The Wal-Mart Revoluion, by Richard Vedder and Wendell Cox.

DDT is still a critical weapon in the battle against malaria and other insect-borne diseases.

The Deepwater Horizon spill is clearly an ecological disaster, but overreaction to it could cause more environmental and economic harm than good.