Luigi Zingales says Paulson's plan won't work. H
Luigi Zingales says Paulson's plan won't work. Here is his alternative plan:Plan B, by Luigi Zingales Vox EU: After pointing a gun to the ...

What would you do with $700 billion?
By David RobertsA little while back CNN hosted an interesting discussion called dreaming of a climate bailout. It ran through a few ideas ...

Governments are Making Things Worse
Jonathan Macey, writing in the WSJ, calls for an end to the demonisation of markets:Despite all the hard work and good intentions on the par...

EDF's bizarre $10,000 contest
By Joseph RommA contest to explain something that isn't true -- what a novelty. If I were running a contest, it would be, What is a carbon...

'Congress is pretty strict on, um, export bans of oil and gas especially'
By Kate Sheppard On Wednesday, John McCain told Fox News' Sean Hannity that his VP pick Sarah Palin is probably one of the foremost expe...

The Sun Will Come Out To-morrow! To-morrow!
While Arnold was mugging for the cameras and lobbying to become Interior Secretary in an Obama adminstration at a Sunnyvale high tech event ...

Synthetic biology: Coming soon to a gas tank near you?
By Guest authorThis is a guest post by Hope Shand, research director of ETC Group, a civil-society organization that tracks new technologie...

Tax-Cut Follies
Uwe Reinhardt says allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire would not devastate the economy:Tax-Cut Follies, by Uwe E. Reinhardt, Economix: Ther...

Nourishing reading for the next president
By Tom PhilpottFood policy hasn't exactly been a hot-button issue in the presidential election. And it's not going to be. We're sure to hear...