Requiring poor men to work is as vital as welfare reform in ameliorating family poverty.

Consider an ambitious United Nations effort that, while not widely known in the U.S., has implications for developing world economic growth and for American taxpayers.

What do we learn if the Thiel fellows go on to be wildly successful? That taking the most academically gifted students in the country and putting them in an awesome program flush with resources is a good idea. It doesn't tell us much of anything about whether higher education is a good investment more generally.

I first met Peter Bauer in October 1977. At the time I was 21, and very Left.

The San Antonio Express-News reviews Michael Finger's book, Poor People's Knowledge.

Drawing on established science and common sense, the authors reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives.

A little bit of money goes a long way in Afghanistan.

Could today's policymakers tip the world into an unnecessarily harsh recession in order to avert an imaginary fear?