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“Measuring human capital: a systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016” is a study published in Lancet that examines health and education outcomes. Specifically, the researchers collected, standardized, and…
Charles Fain Lehman of the Washington Free Beacon highlights news that should disturb all of us (especially those who’ve followed Mark Steyn for years.) The U.S. fertility rate hit a…
Demian Brady of the National Taxpayers Union identifies guiding principles associated with the president’s tax plan. Based on the President’s proposal, five principles for tax reform seem to be guiding…
Thomas Grennes of N.C. State University and Andris Strazds of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, have a column in the Raleigh News & Observer titled “Sorry, Sanders:…
The flailing Greeks could learn some lessons about economic recovery from Latvia, according to Dan Mitchell. He explains in a post for the International Liberty blog. Greece also should try…
Steve Forbes explains in the latest issue of Forbes magazine why conventional wisdom about Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s propensity for provocative behavior might be wrong. THE IDEA that Vladimir Putin…
Michael Barone‘s latest column at Human Events suggests that President Obama continues to cling to some harmful delusions that are contradicted by historical evidence. … [O]ne hopes that, as Obama…
Historian Paul Johnson asks Forbes magazine readers to consider whether Russia’s current strongman can be compared reasonably to Germany’s most famous power-mad dictator. Today’s drift toward war with Russia seems…
Anyone who remembers UNC professor Peter Coclanis‘ 2009 presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society on challenges facing the Russian society will have an easy time believing the details…
The following is a list of education systems that scored higher than the United States on the 2012 International Student Assessment (PISA) math test: Shanghai-China 613 Singapore 573 Hong Kong-China…
Pundits and economists of the Keynesian persuasion have blasted European governments that have failed to boost their sagging economies through so-called “austerity” measures. As University of Georgia economics professor Jeffrey…
Robert Samuelson writes in the Washington Post about Latvia, a small nation that suffered a severe economic recession — far more severe than in the US — and dealt with…