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Superconductors
Superconductors

Resistance is futile
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Strategic Ignorance
Strategic Ignorance

You can’t handle the truth.
by Edward Tenner

Colombia’s Fresh Start
Colombia’s Fresh Start

Petro’s state
by Robert Looney

Lightweighting
Lightweighting

Pound for pound
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Decentralized Finance and Its Discontents
Decentralized Finance and Its Discontents

Decentralized finance and its discontents
by Staci Warden

The Energy Transition
The Energy Transition

No worker left behind?
by Michaël Aklin and Johannes Urpelainen

The Non-existent Future of Work
The Non-existent Future of Work

Sooner than you think
by Anton Korinek and Megan Juelfs

Saving Eagles...with Markets
Saving Eagles...with Markets

Rescuing birds from clean energy
by Molly Espey

tackling Out-of-Control Drug Prices
tackling Out-of-Control Drug Prices

A first pass
by Rachel Sachs

Monopoly on the Links
Monopoly on the Links

Golf, competition and human rights
by Stephen F. Ross

A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States
A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States

Turf wars
by Alan Blinder

Cash for Clunkers
Cash for Clunkers

Again?
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Ready for the Four-Day Workweek?
Ready for the Four-Day Workweek?

Depends on what you mean
by Jeff E. Biddle and Daniel S. Hamermesh

Deglobalization: Don’t Forget the Losers
Deglobalization: Don’t Forget the Losers

Spheres of influence
by Robert Looney

Economists Are Still Right About Airline Deregulation!
Economists Are Still Right About Airline Deregulation!

Flying unfriendlier skies
by Clifford Winston

GMO or Not GMO?
GMO or Not GMO?

What’s in a name?
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Railroads, Then and Now
Railroads, Then and Now

Trains in vain
by Edward Tenner

Confused About Inflation? Check Your Dashboard!
Confused About Inflation? Check Your Dashboard!

Math is hard.
by Ed Dolan

Do What I Say, Not…
Do What I Say, Not…

Walking the talk
by Edward Tenner

Return-Free Tax Filing
Return-Free Tax Filing

86 the 1099.
by Thomas J. Healy

Why Perestroika Failed
Why Perestroika Failed

Tear down that wall.
by Ed Dolan

Wanna Tackle Climate Change?
Wanna Tackle Climate Change?

Funding a livable planet
by Robert W. Hahn

Immigrant Labor
Immigrant Labor

Caring for elder care
by Kristin F. Butcher, Kelsey Moran and Tara Watson

Is Bigger Better?
Is Bigger Better?

Tall Tales
by Edward Tenner

Getting Over Overdraft
Getting Over Overdraft

Profiting from the poor
by Aaron Klein

How Critical Minerals Became So Critical
How Critical Minerals Became So Critical

... And what to do about it
by Jordy Lee

Paying a Second Time
Paying a Second Time

The economic consequences of Long Covid in America
by Philippa Dunne, Melissa Smallwood & Emily Taylor

The Illusion of Control
The Illusion of Control

Why Financial Crises Happen, and What We Can (and Can’t) Do About It
by Jón Daníelsson

Russian Power in Decline
Russian Power in Decline

Is demography destiny?
by Nicholas Eberstadt

Who’s an Expert? How Can You Tell?
Who’s an Expert? How Can You Tell?

The rise of alt-thority
by Edward Tenner

Bacteriophages to the Rescue?
Bacteriophages to the Rescue?

Bacteriophages to the rescue?
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Critical Thinking, Economist-Style
Critical Thinking, Economist-Style

More complicated than we’d like
by John Siegfried and David Colander

Less Paper, More Work
Less Paper, More Work

A better way to subsidize employment
by Benjamin Priday

Trussonomics
Trussonomics

Trickling down
by Robert Looney

The Marketing of Anticipation
The Marketing of Anticipation

The satisfaction of potential consumption
by Edward Tenner

The Blunt Realities of Weed Legalization
The Blunt Realities of Weed Legalization

Nice dreams
by Robin S. Goldstein and Daniel A. Sumner

Russia, Plus Ça Change…
Russia, Plus Ça Change…

Iron Fist Economy
by Thorvaldur Gylfason

Why We Work
Why We Work

Future of work
by Edward Tenner

The Bike Business
The Bike Business

Training wheels come off.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

The Euros and Prayers of Camino de Santiago
The Euros and Prayers of Camino de Santiago

#PilgrimLife
by Andrew L. Yarrow

Is Student Debt Forgiveness Worth the Money?
Is Student Debt Forgiveness Worth the Money?

Varsity blues
by Komal Sri-Kumar

Putin’s Rasputin
Putin’s Rasputin

The old world order
by Ed Simon

Federal Weed Legalization
Federal Weed Legalization

Less is more.
by Robin S. Goldstein and Daniel A. Sumner

Journalism in the Age of Page Views
Journalism in the Age of Page Views

The keyword is the message.
by Edward Tenner

The Story Behind the Proposed Price Cap on Russian Oil
The Story Behind the Proposed Price Cap on Russian Oil

Purchasing power
by David Wessel

Please Stop Talking About Energy Independence
Please Stop Talking About Energy Independence

Please stop talking about energy independence.
by Daniel Raimi

The Russian Economy After the War
The Russian Economy After the War

Reaping the whirlwind.
by Barry Ickes

Legalized Marijuana
Legalized Marijuana

What does evidence-based analysis tell us?
by Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Braga Soares

Nuclear Power Reset?
Nuclear Power Reset?

It really is worth another try.
by Alex Gilbert

China’s Economy Is Slowing Down
China’s Economy Is Slowing Down

The key question: By how much?
by David Dollar

The Economics of Decarbonizing Houses
The Economics of Decarbonizing Houses

Threading the political needle.
by Severin Borenstein

Open Trade
Open Trade

When inequality looms large.
by Dani Rodrik

Fixing Social Security
Fixing Social Security

The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age.
by R. Douglas Arnold

Letter From Spain
Letter From Spain

A pretty successful welfare state.
by Charles Castaldi

Supercapacitors
Supercapacitors

Better batteries
by Lawrence M. Fisher

The Phoenix Playbook
The Phoenix Playbook

Survivor bias
by Edward Tenner

There is No Such Thing as Objective Climate Policy
There is No Such Thing as Objective Climate Policy

Climate science is political science.
by Ed Dolan

The Irony of a Forest Burn Ban
The Irony of a Forest Burn Ban

Taming wildfires
by Hannah Downey

Brexit Chickens Come Home to Roost
Brexit Chickens Come Home to Roost

Time to say goodbye.
by Robert Looney

Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread

Amber waves make ripples.
Reviewed by Edward Tenner

The DACA Kids Are All Grown Up
The DACA Kids Are All Grown Up

Dreams come to life.
by Matthew La Corte

Trade Barriers Are Slowing the Energy Transition
Trade Barriers Are Slowing the Energy Transition

Solar Without Borders
by Shuting Pomerleau

Batteries Aren’t the Only Obstacle to Clean Energy
Batteries Aren’t the Only Obstacle to Clean Energy

Motors matter, too.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Judicial Folly: The Mask Mandate as Wordplay
Judicial Folly: The Mask Mandate as Wordplay

The last word?
by Jeffrey E. Harris

Requiem for the Child Tax Credit
Requiem for the Child Tax Credit

Requiem for the Child Tax Credit.
by Matt Darling

Trading Carbon
Trading Carbon

China’s ambitious initiative to contain climate change.
by Lawrence Goulder and Richard Morgenstern

When More May Be Less
When More May Be Less

The risks of asset-price inflation.
by Sven Smit, Jonathan Woetzel, Anu Madgavkar and Jan Mischke

When Free Markets Fail ... and Maybe You Die
When Free Markets Fail ... and Maybe You Die

The case for government intervention in antibiotics.
by Lawrence M. Fischer

Notes On Forever (Or Not)
Notes On Forever (Or Not)

500 years is long enough.
by Edward Tenner

Eight takeways from the Census 2020
Eight takeways from the Census 2020

America’s Getting Older and More Diverse — and Fast.
by William H. Frey

Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy
Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy

How to Fix the Intangible Economy.
by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake

Geoengineering: The Gamble
Geoengineering: The Gamble

The Gamble
by Gernot Wagner

Remembering Social Security’s Best Friend
Remembering Social Security’s Best Friend

Only Nixon could go to COLA.
by Andrew L. Yarrow

Carbon Tax + Build Back Better
Carbon Tax + Build Back Better

Yes, and…
by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Power Shortages in Central Asia’s Lands of Abundant Energy
Power Shortages in Central Asia’s Lands of Abundant Energy

Lights out.
by Robert Looney

Russia’s Stranglehold on Vacuum Tubes
Russia’s Stranglehold on Vacuum Tubes

Cold War hits warm tones.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Geography Is Not Destiny
Geography Is Not Destiny

Odd market out
by Glenn Yago

What’s in a Number?
What’s in a Number?

Days of our lives
by Edward Tenner

Fixing Generic Drugs with Voluntary Privatized Regulation
Fixing Generic Drugs with Voluntary Privatized Regulation

Accept no substitutes.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

The Cost of the Energy Transition Is More Than Just Jobs
The Cost of the Energy Transition Is More Than Just Jobs

Renewable taxes?
by Daniel Raimi

When U.S. Climate Policy Works
When U.S. Climate Policy Works

No Miracle — Just Good Politics
by Barry Rabe

Emmanuel Macron May Not Be Loved
Emmanuel Macron May Not Be Loved

En Marche marches forward
by Andrew L. Yarrow

Monetary Policy and Racial Equity
Monetary Policy and Racial Equity

Unintended consequences
by Alina Bartscher, Moritz Kuhn, Moritz Schularick, and Paul Wachtel

China Flexes its Economic Muscles
China Flexes its Economic Muscles

New kid on the block
by Robert Looney

Rethinking Unemployment Benefits Under Vaccine Mandates
Rethinking Unemployment Benefits Under Vaccine Mandates

Take this jab and shove it.
by Matthew Darling

Back to the Future With Sailing Ships
Back to the Future With Sailing Ships

Back to the future, again.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

The Not-So-Certain Economics of Electric Vehicles
The Not-So-Certain Economics of Electric Vehicles

Tesla or bust.
by David Rapson and Erich Muehlegger

Carbon Border Adjustments
Carbon Border Adjustments

Trickie, trickie.
by Shuting Pomerleau

Building Blocks for Building Decarbonization
Building Blocks for Building Decarbonization

A very big deal.
by Kathryne Cleary

Saving the IRS
Saving the IRS

Blaming the messenger.
by Samuel Hammond and David Koggan

The Restless Hunt for Yield
The Restless Hunt for Yield

Playing in the big leagues.
by Mitchell Palmer and Erin Cher

The Sea We Swim In
The Sea We Swim In

How Stories Work in a Data-Driven World.
by Frank Rose

The Future of Money
The Future of Money

How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance
by Eswar Prasad

Taiwan’s Triumph Beating Back Covid
Taiwan’s Triumph Beating Back Covid

Containing contagion
by Tsung-Mei Cheng

Lebanon’s Zero-Sum Society
Lebanon’s Zero-Sum Society

The Beirut blues
by Robert Looney

My River Runs Through It. Hands Off!
My River Runs Through It. Hands Off!

Sometimes truth is less strange than fiction.
by Eric Edwards and Bryan Leonard

Bridging the Gap from Oil to Electricity
Bridging the Gap from Oil to Electricity

Flying on fry oil
by Lawrence M. Fisher

When It Comes to Health (and Maybe Economics) …  Men Are the Weaker Sex
When It Comes to Health (and Maybe Economics) … Men Are the Weaker Sex

Toxic masculinity
by Andrew L. Yarrow

Rivalries That Never Were
Rivalries That Never Were

Age is nothin’ but a number.
by Edward Tenner

Billions for Billionaires
Billions for Billionaires

The tax haven in our own backyard.
by Howard Gleckman

Governing El Salvador
Governing El Salvador

Dollarization goes bitcoin.
by Robert Looney

it’s a bird. no, it’s a plane. no, it’s a ...
it’s a bird. no, it’s a plane. no, it’s a ...

Remember the Hindenberg.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

good enough for government work?
good enough for government work?

Why is reform so hard?
by Clifford Winston

solidarity strikes back!
solidarity strikes back!

Time for a union comeback?
by Jake Rosenfeld

Saving Western Forests from Wildfire
Saving Western Forests from Wildfire

(With a little help from financial markets.)
by Holly Fretwell and Jonathan Wood

No Energy Worker Left Behind
No Energy Worker Left Behind

But fat paychecks may not follow.
by Daniel Raimi

The 5-Year Plan
The 5-Year Plan

Stalin’s stubborn legacy.
by Edward Tenner

The Profit Paradox
The Profit Paradox

How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work.
by Jan Eeckhout

Can We Make Blue Hydrogen Greener?
Can We Make Blue Hydrogen Greener?

In three easy steps
by Jay Bartlett and Alan Krupnick

When Climate Policy Works
When Climate Policy Works

Ready, AIM, Fire
by Barry Rabe

The Medium is Not the Message
The Medium is Not the Message

Pictures are worth a thousand words.
Review by Edward Tenner

President Biden’s Right to Repair
President Biden’s Right to Repair

The fix is in.
by James Seddon and Darrell M. West

Containing Methane Emissions
Containing Methane Emissions

Gas tax of another kind
by Barry G. Rabe

dollar dominion
dollar dominion

Trends
by Christopher Smart

learning from the green opposition
learning from the green opposition

Carbon pricing isn’t everything.
by Ed Dolan

rare earths explained
rare earths explained

No, not kryptonite.
by Jordy Lee

anyone want to buy a very used wind turbine?
anyone want to buy a very used wind turbine?

The problem of recycling renewables.
by Lawrence M. Fisher

rebellions, rascals and revenue
rebellions, rascals and revenue

Who says taxes can’t be fun?
by Michael Keen
and Joel Slemrod

price and prejudice
price and prejudice

Another kind of
fundamentalism.
by Gary Saul Morson
and Morton Schapiro

The GameStop Episode
The GameStop Episode

Buy high, sell higher.
by Allan M. Malz

The Scandalous Cost of Internet in America
The Scandalous Cost of Internet in America

The price is byte
by Andrew L. Yarrow

Why Any New Third Party Should be Centrist, Liberal and Radical
Why Any New Third Party Should be Centrist, Liberal and Radical

The center cannot hold.
by Ed Dolan

China’s Vaccine Stumble
China’s Vaccine Stumble

Vaccine diplomacy
by Robert Looney

What Debt Crisis
What Debt Crisis

Time to stop worrying and spend what’s
needed to fix the economy.
by Louise Sheiner

covid-19 and global inequality
covid-19 and global inequality

The tangled web the virus weaves.
by Angus Deaton

Mining in Space
Mining in Space

. . . Elon Musk, America’s first trillionaire?
by Alex Gilbert

The Money Plot
The Money Plot

A history of currency’s
power to enchant, control
and manipulate.
by Frederick Kaufman

Psychedelics Go Mainstream
Psychedelics Go Mainstream

Better living through chemistry
by Lawrence M. Fisher

The Future Is Now
The Future Is Now

Climate change in photos.
by Leslie Noyes

The Importance of Being Unimportant
The Importance of Being Unimportant

Small is profitable.
by Edward Tenner

San Francisco’s Water Steal
San Francisco’s Water Steal

Pay the dam rent.
by Sara Sutherland

Saudi Arabia Chases a Mirage
Saudi Arabia Chases a Mirage

Double Vision?
by Robert Looney

US-China: the New Cold War
US-China: the New Cold War

U.S. - China Cold War
by Mary E. Lovely

Breakthrough Medicines
Breakthrough Medicines

At breakthrough prices
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Drug Innovation: When Patents Work
Drug Innovation: When Patents Work

Reexamining intellectual property rights
by Rachel Sachs

Global Supply Chains Are Fragile … Will They Break?
Global Supply Chains Are Fragile … Will They Break?

The case for holding them together
by Gary Hufbauer and Euijin Jung

Outside the Box
Outside the Box

How globalization changed from moving stuff to spreading ideas.
by Marc Levinson

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

The crisis is now.
by Rebecca Henderson

Green Hydrogen Is Coming (Part II)
Green Hydrogen Is Coming (Part II)

Forget the Hindenberg
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Green Hydrogen is Coming (Part I)
Green Hydrogen is Coming (Part I)

Modern alchemy
by Lawrence M. Fisher

Disaster Preparedness: When Too Much May Not Be Enough
Disaster Preparedness: When Too Much May Not Be Enough

Rainy day funds
by Edward Tenner

Covid-19 Meets the Cartel
Covid-19 Meets the Cartel

Breaking bad
by Robert Looney

Deaths of Despair
Deaths of Despair

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Pandemic Recovery with History as Perspective
Pandemic Recovery with History as Perspective

Doomed to repeat
by Edward Tenner

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