Articles 2017
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Licensing Makes It Harder to Go Where the Jobs Are
Bloomberg View, December 28, 2017
Want to relocate to another state to be a teacher or a plumber? Get ready to go back to school and pass another test.
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Must-Reads of 2017: No, These Are Not Dark Times
Bloomberg View, December 20, 2017
Two books tell us why humans have always been drawn to the light.
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Making History Modern
Reason, December 2017
When women bought retro futurism at $4.50 a yard.
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Hollywood's allure melts under hot lights of Weinstein, Simmons and Ratner scandals
USA Today, November 29, 2017
Glamour is an illusion. It hides flaws, distraction, effort — and darker realities. Glamour may do more than disguise abuse. It can feed it. -
Aluminum-Foil Duties Won't Make America Great
Bloomberg View, November 10, 2017
A Trump tariff on Chinese imports will hurt U.S. workers and companies. It's good for Russia, though.
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The Deep Question Behind Rand Paul's 'Trivial' Dispute
Bloomberg View, November 08, 2017
A neighbor assaulted the senator—reportedly over the meaning of property rights.
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Why Weinstein Held On For So Long and Fell So Fast
Bloomberg View, October 17, 2017
An interview with Timur Kuran, the social scientist who wrote a path-breaking book on "preference falsification."
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Amazon Has a Chance to Redefine Corporate Responsibility
Bloomberg View, October 17, 2017
Amazon can act as a responsible corporate citizen, viewing its headquarters search as a challenge to get cities thinking about how to create better environments for all sorts of enterprises. Or it can ignore ethics and go looking for handouts.
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How to Break the Plastic Surgery Taboo
Bloomberg View, October 03, 2017
Megyn Kelly sparked a furor by asking Jane Fonda about her plastic surgery. It was a good question.
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U.S. Antitrust Law Is Not Broken
Bloomberg View, September 29, 2017
Consumer welfare isn’t a perfect standard, but it’s at least a proxy for the public good.