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 ...

From an economic perspective, unintended consequences turn tidy government plans into costly messes. Such interventions often create economic distortions that government planners couldn't foresee ...

The reactions to the DOE Climate Working Group (CWG) report released last week have been just as interesting as the report itself. The degree of vitriol and freak-out by activist climate scientists ...

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 Republican-controlled Congress recently passed a $9 billion rescission law, canceling a significant chunk of foreign aid spending and about $1 billion for public broadcasting. Beyond disliking ...

This infographic provides near-real-time insights on the housing market and how a new normal is taking hold due impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

J.D. Vance and Mitt Romney had their differences when they served as senators together in the last Congress. But they shared a common commitment to family policies that served all families with ...

Last week, a colleague of mine sent me a copy of an email that they had received from ClimateBrief, a UK-based advocacy journalism group. The email asked for examples of how their published research ...

William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was the last commander in chief born a British subject and the first member of the Whig Party to win the White House. He delivered ...

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 ...

Much gerrymandering is not aimed at maximizing partisan advantage but at protecting incumbents. This is just another instance of an iron rule of politics: People in power use their power to remain ...

On February 7, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado offered the following advice on X: “Dear Speaker Johnson, Simply pass every executive order President Trump has signed, and you will go down as the ...