The Congressional Budget Office's Alternative Scenarios Forecast a Dire Economic Picture
Why aren't politicians on both sides more worried than they seem to be?
Risk
When Doctors Are the Source of Public Health Misinformation
Medical professionals are often unaware of the relevant research on the relative risks of tobacco products, and that can matter for public health.
Bureaucrats Are Moving To Cap Bank Overdraft Fees, Which Will Hurt the People It's Meant To Help
Many who see overdraft protection as preferable to other short-term credit options will have fewer choices as some banks decide the service isn't worth offering anymore.
The Feds Shouldn't Subsidize Fancy, Risky Beach Houses
Government is "promoting bad behavior," says Sen. Rand Paul. He's right.
Spending Recklessly in Good Times Is a Recipe for Disaster in Bad Times
Years ago, when interest rates were low, calls for the federal government to exercise fiscal restraint were dismissed. That was unwise.
Banning Criminal Background Checks Will Lead To More Housing Discrimination, Not Less
The best reforms would correct the real problems of overcriminalization and overincarceration, as well as removing all artificial barriers to building more homes.
Don't Shame the OceanGate Crew for Taking Huge Risks
But don't expect taxpayers to rescue adventurers when they fail, either.
California Regulations Prevent Insurers From Accurately Pricing Wildfire Risk, so Now They're Fleeing the State
California homeowners are finding out that government-imposed market distortions cannot be maintained forever.
The Government Wants To Cap Credit Card Late Fees. It Will Hurt the Poor.
Delayed payments will increase, and companies will respond by raising interest rates—or denying low-income applicants outright.
Elon Musk, Andrew Yang, and Steve Wozniak Propose an A.I. 'Pause.' It's a Bad Idea and Won't Work Anyway.
For good and ill, human beings advance through trial and error. The same will be the case with A.I.
The Left and Right Are Living in Different Realities
The risk of broad and overcautious policies is one we should take more seriously.
When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation
New U.N. report says we are about to "miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all."
Colleges Use Omicron as Justification for Shutdowns and Surveillance
Even on campuses where the student body is 99 percent vaccinated, college administrators are bending to COVID-19 hysteria.
Omicron vs. the Unvaccinated and the Vaccinated
The unvaccinated are 5 times more likely to be hospitalized when infected.
Vaccine-Related Heart Inflammation Risks for Young People Much Lower Than COVID-19 Heart Inflammation Risks
Young males infected with COVID-19 are six times more likely to develop myocarditis than those who have been vaccinated.
Hurricane Ida, Climate Change, and Falling Trends in Global Deaths From Natural Disasters
The risk of dying from extreme weather since the 1920s has dropped by 99.75 percent.
CDC Greatly Exaggerates Risk of Outdoor COVID-19 Transmission
The agency's disease advice is seen as increasingly irrelevant by more Americans.
Dozens Died in California Wildfires. Why Is the State Forcing Insurance Companies To Ignore Risks?
The state's insurance commissioner forbids the canceling of policies for homes in risky areas.
Chicago Judge Says His Bail Reforms Were a Success. But Independent Reviews Show Flaws and More Crimes.
Did Cook County overdo it and let too many dangerous defendants free?
Private Flood Insurers Chastised for Not Insuring Houses Likely To Be Flooded
It's simple: You should not build your house in places where you can't get private flood insurance.
Halloween Is Supposed To Be (a Little) Scary
Halloween combines the two things we fear most in America today—kids actually leaving the house, and food other than hummus and baby carrots being fed to them.
What Brothels Can Teach All of Us About Risk
Allison Schrager's An Economist Walks Into a Brothel demystifies sex work, big-wave surfing, horse-breeding, and other high-risk professions.
An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: What Prostitutes and Big-Wave Surfers Can Teach Us About Risk
Allison Schrager wants to change the way you take chances.
'Fairness' Outweighs Objective Data When Americans Evaluate Risks
New study explains why I can't convince people that terrorism is not worth worrying much about.
TSA To Continue Fondling Travelers at Small Airports
No curtain calls for any security theater performances.
Will TSA Eliminate Security Checkpoints at Small Airports? If Only.
Fearmongering responses at the idea that the feds don't need to run everything
Relax—You'll Probably Survive Until Tomorrow
Americans have a poor sense of risk, and media panics don't help.
Are the 'Dishonest' Media Really Under-Reporting Terrorist Attacks? New at Reason
In the past five years, how many U.S. terrorist attacks were committed by jihadists?
Former Latch-Key Kids Who Are Now Parents, Unite!
You have nothing to lose but your guilt! Your children won't be die because you leave them alone for a chunk of the day. Though you may be arrested, true.
Your Neighbors Get to Vote on How Much Zika Risk You Have to Take
It's democratic, so what could possibly be wrong with that?
Brussels Terrorist Attack: Refuse to Be Afraid!
"Je suis en terrasse!" as the Parisians say.
Rich, White and Stupidly Anti-Vaccine in California
New Years Resolution: Stop putting your kids and other people at risk
Extracting Useless Symbolic Climate Confessions from Fossil Fuel Purveyors
Is that a good use of New York state taxpayer dollars?
Your Bacon Risk of Cancer, From Wired
Meanwhile PETA offers you a free vegan starter kit and a vegan mentor
Don't Be Terrorized By Your Government This Fourth of July
Stay calm, carry on, and above all, defend the Constitution.
The Right To Take (Even Really Stupid) Risks
The value of life is determined not by the mere drawing of one breath after another, but by the freedom to make our own decisions.
Vaccines and the Responsibility To Not Put Others at Risk
Ronald Bailey responds to Dr. Jeffrey Singer's "Vaccination and Free Choice"
Vaccination and Free Choice
Vaccination is a wise idea, but in a free society, we must tolerate bad choices.
