As economists and policymakers strive to understand the causes of the global financial crisis, pinpointing the relationship between government size and economic growth is crucial.

Leadership is a wonderful thing, but it is truly found when it is tested, and on that count malaria leadership has failed.

A new book, Government Size and Implications for Economic Growth (AEI Press, 2010), examines the tradeoff between government services and economic prosperity.

J. M. Barrie's famous 1904 play, Peter Pan or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, reflected the difficulty of the young entering the adult world in Victorian times. The story, still enormously popular, made the refusal to grow up sound charming. Far less charming is the thwarted transition to adulthood...

At this two-day conference, scholars from across the country and around the world will explore the value of high-skilled immigration in a globalized labor market.

By promoting a treaty banning an insecticide, green alarmists contributed to the drought in Niger they now pin on global warming.

Environmental policies that banned the only viable form of protection against locusts have caused direct harm in Niger.

How many more must die of malaria for no good reason?