Michael Brendan Dougherty explains at National Review Online why history argues against bribing tyrants to change their ways. The theory that getting rich makes governments relax their authoritarian grip is…
Those who believe the United States should become more like Europe probably didn’t have the following National Review story in mind, though it might be a nice place to start.…
Willis Krumholz contributes a Federalist website essay that should concern Chinese economic cheerleaders. China is on the road to its own Great Depression. The causes of our Great Depression are…
Thomas Donlan of Barron’s explains in his latest editorial commentary why he believes the president’s recent change in Cuban policy could lead to good news. Investing in Cuba could be…
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute focuses his latest National Review Online column on an important piece of news from Africa that has nothing to do with civil war, Islamic…
After years of socialized medicine, the Swedes are turning to private health insurance for better care and access. One in ten have turned to private health insurance in recent years.…
One country that has benefited greatly from economic liberalization is Georgia. Read all about it in this article. If only Detroit could be freed to do the same thing! Hat…
One of the most prominent apologists for China’s authoritarian approach to economic development is unlikely to find much to like in a new Bloomberg Businessweek article about one result of…
So writes Timothy Carney in this column. The budget the Senate Democrats have proposed lavishes money on some big businesses in the hopes that some of the money will find…
She’s earned a Forbes magazine cover story, and now Brazil’s president, Dlima Rousseff, attracts Bloomberg Businessweek‘s attention for her turn away from standard socialist policies. Rousseff is a former guerrilla…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Karen McMahan’s report on critics who say N.C. public education officials misled their federal counterparts while trying to secure Race to the Top…
It’s easy to get caught up in the daily to-and-fro of domestic politics ? particularly on a day when Congress has acted so irresponsibly by passing a foolish, pork-laden bailout…