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Crisis

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Prepping

Embrace a Bit of Prepper Mindset for the Next Emergency—Even the Government Approves

A little readiness is a good hedge against the surprises the world just seems to keep throwing our way.

J.D. Tuccille | 9.9.2022 7:00 AM

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Lifestyle

Some People Love a State of Crisis

Why do so many people seem eager to fret and impose emergency measures even as COVID-19 becomes endemic and restrictions take a growing toll?

J.D. Tuccille | 2.3.2022 6:00 AM

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Crisis

Rethink Crisis Response

People who call 911 shouldn't get an ill-trained police officer, especially when they're dealing with a mental health emergency.

Sally Satel | 9.13.2020 7:00 AM

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Small Business

Disaster Relief for Small Businesses Is a Disaster All Its Own

The Small Business Administration will always fail the people it's meant to help.

Veronique de Rugy | 6.14.2020 6:00 AM

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Future

What 9/11 and the Financial Crisis Teach Us About COVID-19

Sometime in 2021, the American people will be presented with a reorganized and newly empowered federal public health bureaucracy. As time passes, it will grow in size and scope.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.8.2020 6:00 AM

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History

COVID-19 and the Collapse of Complex Societies

Stephen Davies | 6.2.2020 6:00 AM

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Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe, It's Crisis as Usual

A new round of hyperinflation was taking a heavy toll on daily life, even before the coronavirus hit.

Reecy Pontiff | 5.16.2020 6:00 AM

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China

There Is No China Crisis

Unless we cause one by overreacting to Asia's changing political and economic landscape

Daniel W. Drezner | 4.25.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus Is the Health of the State

The disease will leave behind a residue of laws, spending, and precedents for future government actions.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.16.2020 1:25 PM

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World

Man-Made Disaster in Venezuela

Jenipher Camino Gonzalez | 7.8.2019 6:00 AM

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Opioids

America's War on Pain Pills Is Killing Addicts and Leaving Patients in Agony

The government's efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use, but they have made it more dangerous.

Jacob Sullum | 3.8.2018 7:00 AM

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Future

When Fixing the Problem Makes It Worse

Our best hope is that commercial and cultural change will overcome the tendency to force top-down, one-size-fits-all solutions onto complicated problems.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 3.8.2018 6:00 AM

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Drugs

Don't Blame Pain Pills for the Opioid Crisis

Jacob Sullum | 2.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Economics

Start Saving Now, Because Social Security Is Screwed

If Congress doesn't address its insolvency issues, payouts will need to be slashed by a quarter starting in fewer than 20 years.

Veronique de Rugy | 1.15.2018 7:00 AM

Ebola

New Ebola Czar Criticized as Unqualified

Why should he be different from anybody else in D.C.?

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 4:28 PM

Ebola

Rick Perry Supports Ebola Travel Ban

From countries that have been hardest hit

Reason Staff | 10.17.2014 2:15 PM

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Politics

Matt Welch Discusses Immigration Reform and the Boston Marathon Bombing

Matt Welch | 4.17.2013 1:40 PM

World

Syrian Urban Refugees Fight to Survive

Harsh winter difficult for those remaining in bombed out cities

Reason Staff | 1.17.2013 2:52 PM

Politics

Banks Settle More Robo-Signing Claims, Regulators Get Political Win

Anthony Randazzo | 1.8.2013 10:58 AM

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