Series: Encounter Broadsides

During the 1980s and 1990s, European economies went through a period of slowing economic growth and high unemployment, what some economists described as "secular decline." On the other side of the Atlantic, the United States enjoyed a robust recovery during those years by reducing taxes, eliminating regulations on business, and tightening monetary policy. Now, after two decades of subpar growth,...

Trust in American institutions is at historic lows. The answer from the Progressive Left? Make voting and counting ballots even more complicated. The Case Against Ranked-Choice Voting explores the Progressive Left's latest electoral innovation: ranked-choice voting. This method aims to remake elections but results in making voting harder. It leads to longer lines, more mistakes, and lower turnout. Furthermore, ranked-choice...

Women are riding out the recession more easily than men, with a lower unemployment rate and a higher percentage attaining high school diplomas and Bachelor and Master degrees. Yet President Obama and Congress, responding to fierce feminist lobbying, propose to expand preferences for women in both education and hiring. Whereas original feminists portrayed women as equal to men, the 21st...