The digitization of practically everything makes modernization of the US statistical system—including improvements to data collection and measurement and investment in statistical agencies—imperative.

Few people are aware of the fact that “climate change” means very different things in science and in policy. That difference exposes the fundamental incoherence of climate policy, highlighted by the ...

Amid the current global cycle of populism and polarization, Thailand was one of the first democracies to begin spiraling downward. The polarizing populist at the center of this democracy-damaging ...

Steve Jobs once likened computers to “bicycles for the mind,” tools that amplify human mental capabilities. A new NBER working paper redeploys that famous metaphor to make a compelling argument about ...

Yesterday, as rumored, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced that he would recognize a Palestinian state. “We,” he wrote on X, “will win the peace.” Every word but “the” in that statement is a ...

The Trump administration can handle a little more risk—a little more balance—and lead us to airline security policies that save more lives by further opening the skies.

Too often, the same authoritarians whom Trump praises interpret his admiration as a green light to target Americans on American soil.

In July 2024 I wrote a five-part series on data center energy use. Two of those posts focused on the thorny question of how data centers would contract for power in settings where utility ...

Explore the complexities of the war in Ukraine, its global implications, and strategic insights from the American Enterprise Institute.