Americans and Cubans have been deprived of trade and travel. Who benefits?
Let's say I have contingent valuation data for a recreation trip where the dependent variable is y=0 if they would take the trip and y=1 otherwise. The independent variables are the added cost of the trip, a risk factor and whether the respondent takes a
Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of economic health.
Ryan Bourne and Sophia Bagley
Passed in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment was intended to further centralize governance away from the old decentralized political model. It still is accomplishing that purpose.
Politicians’ lack of concern stems from the fact that taxpayers, families, and businesses will bear the brunt of the next crisis.
Since the end of the 19th Century, much of US history has been marred by meddling in the affairs of other nations. From William McKinley's Spanish-American War to George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, US meddling has created tragedy and chaos abroad and at home.
Colleen Hroncich “We can do this better,” thought former public school teacher Rachel Frevert when she saw her children’s assignments during the pandemic. Her oldest son has autism, and she knew the back and forth of sometimes being at school and sometimes virtual wasn’t going to
Daniel Raisbeck In November 1881, Juan José Dardo Rocha, governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, passed a decree that forbade the use of a widely used torture device called the cepo. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a cepo thus: “formerly a wooden frame in which a criminal was