Some of the most important things in history are things that didn’t happen–even though just about everyone thought they would. Recent example: Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial ...

“People of the same trade seldom meet together,” warned Adam Smith 250 years ago, “even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some ...

As it becomes increasingly clear that President Donald Trump’s era of political dominance is coming to an end, there has been a growing fight over the future of the Republican Party. According to Wall ...

President Trump and the Republicans in Congress insist that the election gave them a public mandate to massively reduce the federal government. They claim that the mass firings of government workers ...

The story of modern American government is a tale of ever-growing presidential power. For well over a century now, as the economy has expanded in scope and complexity, as America’s global footprint ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman famously said, “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” Friedman’s statement, clear and to the point, is supported by a mountain of ...

Important policy issues are complex, characterized by many theoretical, philosophical, operations management, and practical features. One consequence is that their essential features are obscured, and ...