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I recall hearing when I first came to the University of Chicago in 1969 the expression “Nirvana Fallacy,” used to describe the belief then dominant in the economics profession that market failures could and should be rectified by government intervent ...

AMERICA’S workers have seen better days. Over the past decade private-sector wages have grown at an average yearly rate of just 0.3% after accounting for...

David Autor knows a lot about robots. He doesn’t think they’re set to devour our jobs.

The New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970. Copyright @ 1970 by The New York Times Company.

“Appalled” is one word Ben Bernanke would use to describe his reaction to last week’s decision to relegate Alexander Hamilton from his spot on the $10 bill. In a post published on his Brookings Institution blog, the former Federal Reserve chairman ex ...

Friedman and Clinton discuss policy issues.