A look at the economic factors that have made the Harry Potter series so successful.

The myth of free, high-qualityCuban health care.

Gifts areeconomically efficient if theygiverecipientsthings they have never tried before but end up liking.Ifyou can't think ofwhat that might be, give cash.

Changes in musical culture may go hand in hand with changes in the laws, since laws so often reflect pressures from culture.

The CNOOC episode is a relatively minor affair, but there is a risk that much more damage will be done in the future.

Review of The Greedy Hand: How Taxes Drive Americans Crazy And What To Do About It, by Amity Shlaes.

David Frum, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, delivered the last of AEI"s 1998-1999 Bradley Lectures on June 7, 1999.

Acreeping coup against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia is threatening the foundation of the U.S.-Russia relationship and raising the specter of a new era of cold peace between Washington and Moscow.