Recent years have seen a rise in information-based environmental policies. This report focuses on a type of voluntary, information-based environmental policy – air quality alerts – by summarizing the recent research and contributing new findings.

The growth of law and litigation since the 1960s is often decried for being costly and inefficient. But what about the benefits? Hasn't expanded liability also produced greater fairness and accountability and more responsible decisions? In his new book, Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law (Norton, 2009),...

Healthcare will overtake shelter within five years to become the single largest category of consumption. How has this happened?

But the simple fact is "that's racist" is the sort of thing those darn kids today say to make fun of their aging Gen X and baby boomer parents.

Playgrounds have become boring – stripped of seesaws, slides, swings, and jungle gyms. Sledding on snowy hills in public parks is in legal jeopardy. Fear of being sued and fear of even the slightest risk are increasingly leading to a sedentary childhood, even if that leads to the far...

Do Americans enjoy more or less leisure time in the twenty-first century than they did in decades past? Has the long-term rise of women’s employment come at the expense of time spent with family, friends, and in recreation? Do more educated persons enjoy more leisure time? What happened to leisure-time...

Obama's passivity begs the question, "Is he a golfer playing president, or a president playing golf?"

While the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is a catastrophe, it would be a mistake to abandon offshore drilling and to instead pursue biofuels, as they are neither economically viable nor environmentally beneficial.