News Analysis
Rolling the Dice
PA Fix for Pensions: Get Me to the Casino

Pennsylvania’s Democrats are gung-ho about using pension obligation bonds to finance a serious shortfall in the state’s pension system. This is probably not a very good idea.

Higher Education Bubble
Families Depending Less on Student Loans

Families aren’t borrowing as heavily to send junior off to college, rather relying more on savings and scholarships. That’s pretty good news—but not for some private schools, which are slashing prices in an attempt to reverse the decline in enrollment.

Foreign Policy a la Modi
India Scuttles WTO Agreement

Modi’s first major act of economic policy is to defend the worst and most damaging set of misguided policies that hinder India’s progress

The Oldest Hatred
For Most Germans, Fighting Anti-Semitism Seems Unimportant

As the Gaza conflict stretches into its fourth week and the death toll continues to rise, European anti-Semitism is intensifying, particularly in Germany. So far, Jews are finding scant support as they speak out against recent attacks.

Epidemic
A Jarring Ebola Statistic

According to the WHO, one in ten victims of Ebola have been health workers.

Sun Stroke of Genius
Are Wet Roads the Key to Solar Power’s Future?

New research out of MIT suggests a new, more efficient, and potentially more cost-effective method for harnessing the sun’s energy.

Deadline Disaster
US Biofuel Boondoggle Is Bureaucracy at Its Worst

The EPA is pushing the deadline for refiners to comply with last year’s biofuel targets back even further. This is bureaucracy as its worst.

Obamacare Fail
The ACA Is in a Total PR Free-fall

A new poll, taken in the midst of a string of neutral or positive media coverage, shows undecideds breaking against the ACA. Obamacare may be losing the war of attrition.

Gassing Up
It's Been a "Good Week" for US LNG

Two proposed LNG export facilities—one in Oregon and one in Texas—received federal approval this week, a sign of shale’s transformational power.

ACA Fail Fractal
Top Florida Insurer to Increase Premiums by 17 Percent

Florida Blue will raise its premiums for ACA plans by an average of 17.6 percent next year, after at least four years of increases of over 11 percent. The Affordable Care Act is doing nothing to address underlying factors making our system more unsustainable every year.

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