Lanchester sees statistics as a product of the same Enlightenment that gave birth to the United States—“numbers created by the state to help it understand itself and ultimately to govern itself.” And ...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) may be the most powerful source of state capacity across the 50 states, employing over 1,400 people and overseeing the electricity, natural gas, water ...

has worked at the intersection of law, policy, and philanthropy in private practice, as the Vice President for field programs at the American Constitution Society, as Director for the U.S. Democracy ...

We must approach the world’s most populous country with an eye to its wide variation and profound contradictions. This is true of China’s changing role on the world stage—its trade policies, military ...

H.A. Smith (extreme left) and Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (right center) stand with hands upraised on October 20, 1947, as Smith, ...

Donald Trump has seized control over previously “independent” federal regulators. That’s problematic—but Democrats should resist the urge to revert to the way things were. Sign up for our print ...

Amid the recent flurry of radical executive orders, one in particular has flown under the radar: President Trump has seized ...

In the fall of 2018, University of California, Berkeley economist Emmanuel Saez said, to an audience of economists, policymakers, and the press, “If the data don’t fit the theory, change the theory.” ...

Liberals—and this truly is a matter of historical record—have never been blind to capitalism’s flaws and excesses and cruelties. They see enormous openings for exploitation, thievery, favoritism, ...

That’s not in line with the history. The Fed’s ultimate boss is Congress, and the legislature often adjusts its power, as historians of the institution have chronicled.Just since 1980, Congress has ...

The Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest building at 102 stories, was completed in 1931. Building that majestic structure, later called one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the ...