Academic works on “neoliberalism” almost invariably share three characteristics. First, they portray neoliberalism as the dominant paradigm of the global economy since the mid-twentieth century.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Two socialists walk into a bar. One, a socialist of the more nationalist vintage—a ...

Xavier Becerra, California’s governor-elect, is on record that he would finish the state’s high-speed rail project “on budget ...

If there were an Economist’s Creed, it would surely contain the affirmations ‘I understand comparative advantage’ and ‘I ...

San Francisco Bay Area voters are being asked to subsidize a failing public transportation system with two ballot measures on ...

In 1989 The Economist described a Soviet bus factory whose workers took sledgehammers to newly manufactured trucks. The bus ...

Last week, the FDA announced a recall of more than 4.3 million tubes of toothpaste. The recall covers 17 varieties, including ...

Last month, Nature, perhaps the most admired scientific periodical in the world, retracted a 2024 article, “The Economic Commitment to Climate Change.“ The paper, by three scientists with the Potsdam ...

In July, it was reported that rents in Los Angeles County had fallen to a four-year low. While rents remained high compared ...

Historical precedent suggests that Canadian efforts to establish a fully independent foreign policy often collide with the reality of U.S. economic integration. The two countries have the world’s ...

For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them. The “great awakening” movement had started a decade before, but Edwards’ words lit a massive brushfire, coursing ...

Data centers have commanded significant ire recently, as their power demand rises and ratepayers are concerned about price increases. But this is a faulty narrative. At least to this point, data ...