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Would Breaking Bad's Czech Meth Scheme Work?
Fans of the critically-adored Breaking Bad, the story of a high-school chemistry teacher who becomes a Southwest narcotics kingpin, know that Sunday night's cliffhanger turned on a successful scheme to...
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Building a Legal Marijuana Industry From the Ground Up
If all goes according to plan, by the end of this year farmers across Washington State will begin large-scale cultivation of a commodity they’ve never been allowed to mass-produce before—marijuana....
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Embracing the Economics of Happiness
In the first decade of this century, the poverty rate rose, and no net jobs were created—yet America’s GDP grew by nearly two percent. So why do we rely on GDP more than any other data point to gauge...
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Which Eggheads Should Run Washington, D.C.?
Barack Obama wears only blue suits or gray suits. This fact, reported in a 2012 Vanity Fair profile, speaks volumes about the president’s taste—not in clothes but in academic research. “I’m trying to...
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Is There Anything We Can Do to Correct for the Fact That We're All a Little...
Debates over race and public policy in the United States are a bit odd from a social-psychological standpoint. They tend to focus on explicit racism, on who said what and whether it was offensive,...
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The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Proud Kansan Who Wants to Put Middle-Class...
Nicholas Carnes, 29, Political Science and Public Policy Does it matter that most of our politicians were millionaires when they took office? And why is it so hard for working-class people to get...
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It Just Got Easier to Ban Outdoor Smoking
You’re walking into a restaurant or bar with some friends, when the recently rehabilitated smoker of the group spots someone puffing on a cigarette outside and says, “Go ahead, I’ll meet you in there.”...
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Why Didn’t California’s Handheld Phone Ban Reduce Motor Accidents?
This month marks the six-year anniversary of California’s ban on the use of handheld cell phones by motorists—a regulation that has now spread to 13 states. So, happy birthday, ban. Your present is a...
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