Trump and Biden Both Get Globalization Wrong
Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.
Free trade brings us more stuff at lower prices.
The president wants to raise the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, despite it being well-established that this is the most economically-destructive method to raise government funds.
Reason has obtained an exclusive copy of Henry Kissinger's immigration files from the 1940s.
As we step into 2024, it's crucial to adopt a more informed perspective on these dubious claims.
State power and oppressive surveillance serve as the backdrop for this animated spy comedy.
"It's not easy to make one of these rules, but it's a thousand times harder to get rid of one."
Laws against displaying Nazi-esque iconography are well-intended, but they pose a threat to free speech and the principles of a free society.
Land-hungry biomass, wind, and solar power are set to occupy an area equivalent of the size of the European Union by 2050.
Green dreams are no substitute for good planning and reliable electricity.
"When we look at solar and wind around the world, it always correlates to rising prices and declining reliability."
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
With high job vacancies and a low birth rate, Germany is turning to the world to fill the holes in its economy.
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A crackdown on insults, hate speech, and misinformation punishes dissenters who express themselves in ways that offend government officials.
A new PBS series underscores the long, deadly shadow cast by xenophobia, antisemitism, and restrictive immigration laws.
A new PBS series by Ken Burns argues xenophobia, the Great Depression, incredulity toward the media, and State Department antisemitism combined to keep Jewish refugees out of America.
It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.
If Japan can get over its anti-nuclear Fukushima freak out, then the rest of the world should too.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russians should "live in their own world until they change their philosophy." But keeping Russians isolated plays into Putin's hands.
Leaving the country dependent on Russian natural gas was not too smart.
Unrealistic policy and dependency on fickle neighbors like Russia are no substitute for working power plants.
Strongly held wishes and pixie dust won’t deliver a green utopia.
International tensions empower politicians seeking to force the unwilling into government service.
Several German states have announced they will prosecute those who publicly display the letter Z in support of Russia.
Over the last 100 years, we've seen a 98 percent decrease in climate-related deaths. You can thank fossil fuels.
Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has barred men aged 18-60 from leaving the country.
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Only time will tell if Germany is the "incredibly reliable ally" that Biden claims it is.
Nuclear power wasn’t green enough for German leaders, so now they depend on energy from Russia.
Teutonic carbon dioxide emissions and electricity prices are projected to increase as a result.
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We can't afford to keep funding defense contractors' cost overruns.
The nonbinding ballot initiative encourages the city government to expropriate roughly 15 percent of the city's rental housing stock.
In the country’s first post-Merkel election, Germany’s Free Democratic Party could once again be a "kingmaker."
Americans oppose restrictions, but report feeling less free to speak about political matters.
The scientific and medical knowledge used to develop and distribute the vaccines is not, thankfully, trapped within national borders.
The plan, whose timetable is uncertain, will reshuffle 5,600 troops elsewhere in Europe.
"The true number of infected people worldwide may already have reached several tens of millions," two University of Gottingen researchers say.
Good news from a population screening study