Good ideas may be scarce, capital to fund them is not
Construction permitting power taken from cities that resisted development
Compulsory education ‘homogenizes’ population, can stave off democracy
Incumbents in France are reelected less often when all candidates can be repaid for personal outlays
Public bonds compete against other investments; a model of that relationship
Study suggests flat tax systems boosted GDP in former Soviet republics and satellites
Doing so, they subsidize government, which is, well, sort of like a tax
The shift lends credibility to medicines vs. trials that exclude people 65 and older
As it stands, they’re free-riding, in effect subsidized by full-time resident taxpayers
Paying airlines to scrap — instead of sell — old planes produces environmental benefits at a low cost
Adding a car breathalyzer to existing penalties could substantially discourage drunken driving
Taste of democracy engenders the opposite of cynicism