Over the past few years, we’ve seen a rapid expansion of new education technologies, from MOOCs to test-grading robots to traveling screens with cameras attached that allow sick or disabled students to participate in classroom life from home. All of these innovations are important, but sometimes even very simple programs can make a big difference in […]

DC’s insurance commissioner William White has been fired and his remarks removed from the department’s website after he voiced criticism of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act “fix.” WaPo reports on White’s remarks: “The action today undercuts the purpose of the exchanges, including the District’s DC Health Link, by creating exceptions that make it more difficult for them […]

Yes, it’s true: it is the policy of the Obama-era Fed to make the 1 percent richer. At Bloomberg, Matthew Klein has a piece analyzing the recent testimony of Janet Yellen in front of the Senate Banking Committee. He comes to the conclusion that many of the Fed’s policies have the rich as their most direct beneficiary: […]

It’s been a grim month for fans of Obamacare, and perhaps especially for the red state Democrats in Congress who voted for it. Between the ghastly failure of the website, the waves of policy cancellations, and the grim realization that the ‘wonks and experts’ knew all along that the “you can keep your policy” mantra […]

This week WRM had two essays that should be read together. The first looked at the multi-faceted crisis facing the American young today, examining factors from the decline of marriage to economic stagnation. He argued that a major factor is the the imbalances in the job market:  Automation is going to continue eating away at […]

General Electric (GE) manufactures, amongst other things, jet engines. To produce components in its newest prototype, the industry giant is turning to 3D printers, putting its considerable weight and technical expertise behind the infant technology.To this point, 3D printing has largely remained the purview of hobbyists and plastic trinket-makers, but GE’s involvement may be a […]

Governor Jerry Brown just released new draft regulations on fracking in California, and the results look like a major boon for fracking. Although the new regulations are the culmination of a bill passed earlier this year that was expected to seriously limit the practice of fracking in the state, early reactions to the rule suggest […]

[A tanker sits amongst debris on November 17, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan which ripped through Philippines over the weekend has been described as on of the most powerful typhoons ever to hit land, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.]

British Prime Minister David Cameron said this week he was open to meeting Narendra Modi, the controversial Indian politician who is the largest opposition party’s candidate for prime minister in next year’s elections.Cameron is on a short visit to India before the Commonwealth meeting in Sri Lanka. “The connection is there, the engagement is there. […]

While the West is increasingly rejecting coal in favor of other, cleaner energy sources, coal producers have taken some solace in the steadily growing demand for their product in the developing world. But China, the country that burns nearly half of the world’s coal, is living under a toxic haze, and its efforts to clear […]