Science & Technology
Innovation and its consequences.
- Europe vs. Scientific Consensus Henry I. Miller and Drew L. Kershen 10/19/2012
- All of Europe ranks behind countries like Uruguay, Pakistan, and the Philippines in the cultivation of recombinant DNA-modified crops.
- Organic Illusions Blake Hurst 10/01/2012
- We don’t have enough land and we can’t afford the opportunity costs of a return to a romantic version of agriculture. But we can afford a food system that provides lots of choices.
- The Internet Doesn’t Need More Regulation Jeffrey Eisenach 09/25/2012
- Two cases on data roaming and net neutrality deal with similar economic issues: Will more regulation improve the market for Internet-based communications?
- Homo Sapiens or Homo Igniferens? Kenneth P. Green 09/19/2012
- We are not simply beings that use energy; we are beings that exist only because we harnessed energy, and our use of energy has shaped our bodies and culture for millions of years.
- U.S. Manufacturing’s Brave New World Thomas A. Hemphill 09/14/2012
- The nation has an advanced manufacturing skills deficiency. What are some possible solutions?
- Many-to-One vs. One-to-Many: An Opinionated Guide to Educational Technology Arnold Kling 09/12/2012
- There are many horses in the educational technology race. Which ones are worth betting on?
- Would a Carbon Dioxide Tax Be ‘Efficient’? Benjamin Zycher 08/30/2012
- Is it reasonable to predict that the adoption of a carbon tax would yield economic improvement relative to current policies?
- The Next Great Growth Cycle Mark P. Mills 08/25/2012
- Today’s techno-pessimists say technology and America have plateaued. Such naysayers flourish during economic recessions. They have been wrong in every one of the 19 economic downturns we have experienced since 1912. They’re wrong again.
- Presidential Power: Obama vs. Romney on Energy Kenneth P. Green and Elizabeth DeMeo 08/22/2012
- The energy policy platforms of Obama and Romney diverge in three main ways.
- Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee, PC? Michael M. Rosen 08/20/2012
- Free speech rights ‘for computers’—in all their glory and with all their limitations—are fundamentally derived from human activity, warts and all.