Later this week here at THB I’ll be publishing two important pieces — one a guest post from a climate scientist on how his ...

It would a threat to our prosperity if the Department of Commerce reported suspect trade and investment data but, if it happens, we can check Eurostat and Canada’s trade numbers. Data falsification ...

The people we live near have long been the first line of support during a crisis, the ones we lean on when institutions falter. But that foundational sense of mutual reliance is fraying.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will reduce federal spending for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by $186.7 billion over ...

Wisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget includes several provisions aimed at improving the affordability of childcare in the Badger state, ending the misguided effort to directly support private ...

The book provides an overview of the major features of US health care and an outline of the reforms required to impose more discipline on costs without compromising quality and innovation.

Nothing lasts forever: Every international order finds its end. Pax Romana stabilized the greater Mediterranean world, until decline set in. The British global order flourished in the 19th century ...

Kent’s career in higher education policy renders him ideally suited to confront the unique challenges the Department of Education faces today.

As these AI tools continue to evolve, economists and policy analysts who master prompt engineering and integrate these technologies into their workflows will find themselves better equipped to ...

Harold Furchtgott-Roth is a former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and is now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Previously, he worked as chief economist for the House ...

The idea of digital “superintelligence” makes for intriguing symposium fodder. Yet few participants managed to define it. Zuckerberg himself offered more poetry than precision in his note—imagining AI ...

A second marriage is the “triumph of hope over experience,” quipped 18th-century man of letters Samuel Johnson. We can today reverse the saying: Trump’s second term is the triumph of ...