The number of schools ranked highly in guides such as Barron's Profiles of American Colleges is increasing, without any evidence that these schools' instructional quality is also increasing. Applicants and their families should be wary of letting these rankings serve as the main criteria in their college decisions.

History offers many lessons, and surely one is about the ties that bind us.

Eldred economists neglect the elasticity of the supply of creative works in their analysis, focusing instead solely on the benefits received by authors.

The seventeen-year boom was triggered by a series of policy decisions that let markets do their work of tying risk to reward throughout the economy.

Sunday’s elections results in six European countries, particularly France, Greece and Germany, bode poorly for satisfactorily resolving the European Union’s ongoing financial and political crisis.

In January of this year, the number of manufacturing jobs increased by 50,000. Yet this vibrant sector is being held back—and not by imports.

President Obama indicated his seriousness about exports when he committed to double them by 2015, but he has given conflicting signals about his commitment to trade liberalization. While the administration has praised the passage of the FTAs with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea, the president waited far too long to submit the legislation to Congress.

Indicator-based competitionshiftsthe locus of development from aid agencies to local governments in developing countries.