Trends Issue: February 2012
Americans Flee Economic Tyranny
Studies clearly show that, when it comes to economic freedom, the 50 states are not all created equal. Those...
The Death of the Welfare State
In 1870, Germany's Otto von Bismarck put in place the foundations for the modern "welfare state." Over the next 100...
The War Between Government and Free M...
A key component of the welfare state has always been government intervention intended to create outcomes that are more...
America's New Era of Home-Grown Energ...
Since the '60s, North American energy demand has outstripped supply, forcing the United States into dependence on...
Cost-Effectively Adapting to Climate ...
No entity has produced more quixotic, job-killing regulations than the Environmental Protection Agency. Why? Part of...
Middle-Class Employment Trends
Hardly a day goes by that we don't see stories about high unemployment among middle-class workers. As the Trends...
Computers That Recognize What They Se...
Since the early days of computing, robotics and artificial intelligence research has focused on developing machines...
